Gene Ween La Crosse 2015

Size: 18 x 24 inch
4 Color Silk Screen Poster
White Paper
Signed Artist Copies by Gregg Gordon / GIGART

GIGART was asked to create a poster for Gene Ween
(aka Aaron Freeman of the band Ween) and his solo show
in La Crosse, WI on October 2nd during Oktoberfest.
Check out that Golden Monkey.

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Below are some of the images I chose to include in this poster and what they reference...stay brown!

The images I put in for Oktoberfest are:

Little Boy in Lederhosen (could be Gene), pretzel, brats, coo coo clock, leaves, Oktoberfest sign, the color choices...

As for Ween and Freeman related images:

The Golden Monkey (Freeman)
The Middle Finger (referencing the song, Covert Discretion by Freeman - "Fuck You All, I have a reason to Live")
Weasel (Squelch The Weasel - God Ween Satan Album - Ween)
BumbleBee (God Ween Satan Album - Ween)
Octopus Tentacles (The Molusk - Ween)
The Stallion (The Pod Album -Ween)
Mushrooms (Mushroom Festival in Hell - The Pod - Ween)
Daisy (Push The Little Daisies - Pure Guava Album - Ween)
Roach (La Cucaracha Album - Ween)
Monkey's Skull Outfit (Referencing a Voodoo vibe - Voodoo Lady from Chocolate & Cheese - Ween)
Lips on Mushroom (Mutilated Lips - The Molusk Album - Ween)
3 Smoke Trails from Monkey (Referencing the lyric "Everything that you are, that you'd like to be, will come in three, my friend" from the song, Flutes of Chi - White Pepper Album - Ween)
Big Eye on top (Referencing The Argus - see the lyrics - Quebec Album - Ween)
Planets (kinda made me think of Happy Colored Marbles, but more imagery I get listening to Captain Fantasy - The Pod - Ween)

I also imagine the Monkey as the Spirit Walker (La Cucaracha Album - Ween)
The Boy can also reference the Child Without An Eye from Buckingham Green (The Molusk Album - Ween)
The whole poster is a clock if you look at it, with the triangle top and the clock centered behind the monkey.
And I always like to put skulls on my posters...