Grateful Dead and Black Crowes Graphic Artist Comes to Brooklyn Cinema to Celebrate His New Art Book (2023)

On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 7pm, Nighthawk Cinema in Brooklyn is hosting a sci-fi shorts screening series Post screening discussion with acclaimed graphic artist Arik Roper and Gabe Soria about the book “Vision of the Hawk” and the influences behind it. Screening will be three lost, cult classic sci-fi shorts selected by Roper to celebrate the release of the first full-color monograph of his work.

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 album covers and posters of such bands as Sleep, High on Fire, Earth, Windhand, Earthless, Mastodon, The Grateful Dead, and The Black Crowes, screen-printed posters, in books and magazines, animations, game designs, and more.

Vision of the Hawk collects an epic selection of his art for the first time in a single volume, alongside unpublished material, sketches and writings by Roper describing his creative process, as well as by some of his collaborators.

Arik Roper says he chose Black Angel, Afterlife and Quest because of their fantastic aesthetics and visual design. Each of them captures a feeling of mysterious storytelling that harkens back not only the formative years of my life, but to a timeless space of the artistic imagination.

About Vision of the Hawk

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 the 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.

Vision of the Hawk collects an epic selection of his art for the first time in a single volume, alongside unpublished material and sketches, and texts by Roper describing his creative process, as well as by some of his many collaborators including authors Erik Davis, Peter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).