Artist Arik Moonhawk Roper In Conversation + Booksigning

Schedule

Sat Apr 19 2025 at 03:00 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC-07:00

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Philosophical Research Society | Los Angeles, CA

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Join us for a special conversation in the PRS Lecture Room with artist Arik Moonhawk Roper in a rare L.A. area appearance!
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Artist Arik Moonhawk Roper In Conversation with Alex Pappademas + Booksigning
Prior to the Chöd music + art + meditation event this evening in the Auditorium, please join us beforehand for a special conversation in the PRS Lecture Room with writer Alex Pappademas and artist Arik Moonhawk Roper in a rare L.A. area appearance!
Arik Roper’s vibrant psychedelic illustration and painting springs from the depths of a fertile imagination, invoking psychedelic visions, ancient dreams, and idyllic natural environments. Since the 1990s, his creations have appeared on rock and metal album covers of such bands as The Black Crowes, Sleep, Earth, Sunn O))) and OM, screen-printed posters, in books and magazines, animations, game designs, and beyond. The career retrospective Vision of the Hawk (2023, Strange Attractor Press) collects an epic selection of his art for the first time in a single volume, alongside unpublished material and sketches, and texts by Roper describing his creative process, as well as by some of his many collaborators including authors Erik Davis, Peter Bebergal, and Jay Babcock, as well as musicians Stephen O’Malley (Sunn O)))), Al Cisneros (Sleep, Om), and Matt Pike (Sleep, High on Fire).
Arik Moonhawk Roper attended the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1991-1995 specializing in cartooning, illustration, and screen printing. He has since developed a devoted following creating seminal record covers and screenprint posters for a wide variety of bands including rock and metal legends such as Earth, Sunn O))), Sleep, Howlin' Rain, High on Fire, The Black Crowes, Kvelertak, Cathedral, Astra, Earthless, and Windhand among many others. His influences include diverse artists and styles ranging from comic and fantasy art to graphic design and classic illustration. Roper’s work encompasses a diverse field of design and distinct style, ranging from black and white illustration, to meticulous lettering and logo design, to rich abstract psychedelic color and landscapes that often seem to exist in their own universe. The imagery springs from the depths of a fertile imagination, invoking psychedelic visions, ancient dreams, and idyllic natural environments. With an interest in mythology, consciousness, psychology, religion and other timeless subjects, Roper mixes the light and the dark within his art to reveal imagery which is at once strangely unique, distantly familiar and always soaked with an earnestly fantastic aesthetic.


His book, Mushroom Magick (Abrams, 2009), is a vividly surreal collection of exotic fungal species from around the world. His art has also appeared in books such as De Gotham City a Metropolis by French Paper Art Club, Juxtapoz New Contemporaries, Revisionaries: A Decade of Art in Tokion, Appendix N: The Eldritch Root son Dungeons & Dragons, and Taschen's Plant Magick. His collected art book Vision of the Hawk: The Art of Arik Moonhawk Roper was published by Strange Attractor Press in 2023. www.arikroper.com
Alex Pappademas is the Senior Culture Editor of GQ. He has been writing about music, film, television and other forms of popular culture for over 20 years. He is the author of Keanu Reeves: Most Triumphant— The Movies and Meaning of an Irrepressible Icon (2022, Abrams Image) and the coauthor, with Joan LeMay, of Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors From the Songs of Steely Dan (2023, University of Texas Press). His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Grantland. He is based in Los Angeles.


Following the conversation, Arik Moonhawk Roper will be available to sign copies of his book, available for purchase at PRS.


Ticket price: $10 (in-person event only).

Please email [email protected] or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.


Please Note: The PRS Lecture Room is only accessible via stairs. PRS wants all guests to be able to enjoy our events safely and comfortably. If you require any accessibility accommodation, please reach out to [email protected] before showtime and we will be happy to assist you.


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