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PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES AT POSTERATI— OPENING 11/ 27

by SoHo Journal Staff
Posteritati rings in the holiday season with Planes, Trains & Automobiles, a new exhibition of travel-themed movie posters inspired by the 1987 John Hughes classic starring Steve Martin and John Candy as mismatched holiday travelers. Posters on display will include The Flying Ace (1926), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1959), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965), Two for the Road (1967), Traffic (1970, left), Murder on the Orient Express (1975), Used Cars (1980), Airplane (1980), Night on Earth (1991), and Cars (2006).
 
Posteritati, named "the best place to be reminded that all film art isn't on-screen" by The Village Voice, is one of the world's premier dealers of vintage and contemporary movie art. If you "need the movie poster that says 'You, You, You.' Posteritati is the place to start" (New York Times Style Magazine, 2004). "Any film poster fanatic will feel more than at home at Posteritati, home to more than 9,000 fine examples of American and international film-promotion" (Vanity Fair, 2008). From the silent era to modern classics, Posteritati's downtown Manhattan gallery boasts a uniquely diverse movie poster collection from over 30 different countries, searchable via iMac customer kiosks or online at www.posteritati.com.
 
Posteritati owner Sam Sarowitz has co-authored several books on movie posters, culled exclusively from Posteritati's own collection. Art of the Modern Movie Poster (Chronicle Books), published in late 2008, has been called a "truly magnificent, if not monumental, work. Featuring sharp mini-essays by Dave Kehr, this beautiful, full-color 516-page doorstopper of a book is an embarrassment of riches" (Film Comment, 2009). A "stunning work of visual scholarship" (NPR, 2008). An "encyclopaedic collection...from West Side Story to In the Mood for Love via Attach of the 50ft Woman, more than 1,500 selections place film posters firmly in the Pop Art pantheon" (Harper's Bazaar, 2009). Translating Hollywood (Mark Batty Publisher), a "handsome hardcover volume" (Leonard Maltin, 2008) "highlighting fascinating local interpretations of predominantly American films" (Vanity Fair, 2008), shows the major role played by graphic design in movie poster advertising and promotion around the world.
 
The Posteritati gallery is located in downtown New York City at 239 Centre Street between Broome and Grand Streets, directly across the street from the historic Police Building. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to 7 pm, Sunday from noon to 6 pm, and Monday by appointment.
 
 
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