Jack White with Lille Mae Express Live! Columbus, OH June 4, 2018 Hand-signed limited silkscreen edition of 241

About this poster, Slater Says:

"The imagery for this one is based off the track Get In The Mind Shaft. After reading lyrics for the new record everything about this track jumped right off the page. The spoken word intro varies from CD to vinyl and all other formats. I looked for a thread to link all the passages together and felt each spoke about a deep seated awakening. They vary from a musical awakening in learning to play a new instrument to meeting an unrecognizable version of yourself. I think they are about entering a place in your mind that you do not fully understand; a place that you may not be fully aware exists.
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Stylistically, I looked at Cameo and silhouette portraits and frames as a starting point. The blue background has 3 distinct layers of blue patterning and textures for added depth. The final layer features a shiny clear spot varnish layer of a mine shaft.
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NOTES: 18 x 24 inches /// 5 screens (1 hidden layer) /// edition numbered to 291 /// 1-100 are sold by me /// Original show date was June 4, 2018 at Express Live in Columbus, OHJack White 10
This image went thru a number of revisions before arriving at this point. My original thought was that love (arrow) destroys or cuts thru dreams represented by the white horse. I envisioned the white horse being drawn sort of fluid and gestural and the arrow being hard edged and more graphic. The black roses added some additional motion to the picture and help fill out the background. The overall feel I'm going for is surreal, dreamy romanticism which I picked up on from some of Jack's recent live shows. Specifically, the "Temporary Ground" performance on Conan.

Ok, so at this point I know what I want to do and I blocked in a quick rough for both Rob and Jack to see. Jack responded with: "this could be a cool sort of emblem/logo if the horse was winced back in pain with an arrow through him that has fletching (feathers) at the left side. i like it."

Rob then referenced some past prints I did with smoky elements in them and suggested I go in that direction for the final. The horse ended up being built out of isolated smoke pieces that were layered and built up to achieve the result you see here. I hadn't really done something exactly like this before but it wasn't out of my wheelhouse either. I attached my first pass at it here complete with notes from Rob. I jokingly referred to his marks as a souped up version of a Tecmo Bowl playbook. Hopefully, this details some of the collaborative process for you all.

NOTES: 18 x 24 inches /// 4 screens (2 blues, 1 black and white) /// signed and numbered edition of 240 /// 121-240 sold at show /// July 20, 2014 at Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri