Paradise Theater Temporarily Closed

This limited edition archival inkjet print is one of a pair from the artwork for Styx’ 10th studio album, Paradise Theater. Paying homage to the paintings by Chris Hopkins for the front and back of the gatefold sleeve, these prints have been created by Hopkins to show us the paintings in full, as they were originally created.

Paradise Theater was Styx most commercially successful album. A concept album built around a fictional account of Chicago’s Paradise Theater, from its opening in 1928 to its closing in 1956 (and subsequent demolition), used as a metaphor for America’s changing times from the late 1970s into the 1980s.

Paradise Theater Temporarily Closed is the back cover image.

“The Styx “Paradise Theater” project landed on my desk when I was a very young illustrator at Willardson/White Studio. It was a concept album envisioned by Dennis DeYoung. The number of paintings and the promotion seemed to grow as each piece of art was turned in to A&M Records and the band. The entire project was truly a joyful challenge. Even though the project happened so long ago it will remain a milestone in my very long career.”

Styx founder and writer Dennis DeYoung said that the theme of the album was “one of hope and renewal in the spirit of the American people to understand the problems that confront the world and this country and find solutions themselves to those problems.”

Whatever these words might mean to you personally, we are thrilled to have been given the chance to collaborate with Chris on these two beautiful prints as a new era of change descends upon the USA.

Purchase the pair for £840. Customers purchasing both prints will have the £360 ‘pair’ discount automatically applied at checkout.

View partner print, Paradise Theater Gala Premier