Leonard Cohen Poster

Client: NA.
Brief: Make a tour poster for Leonard Cohen using the process of etching.
Status: Not Published.

About the Poster

Made as a 210x270mm portrait by Leonard Cohen based on the cover picture of his album “Ten New Songs”. Later on it was developed further as a fictional 640x910mm tour poster. The original version is a etching, using strong acid to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface, and has a very limited print run.

About Leonard Cohen

(born 21 September 1934) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often deals with the exploration of religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships. Famously reclusive, having once spent several years in a Zen Buddhist monastery, and possessing a persona frequently associated with mystique, he is extremely well-regarded by critics for his literary accomplishments, for the richness of his lyrics, and for producing an output of work of high artistic quality over a five-decade career.

Musically, Cohen’s earliest songs (many of which appeared on the 1967 album, Songs of Leonard Cohen) were rooted in European folk music. In the 1970s, his material encompassed pop, cabaret and world music. Since the 1980s, his high baritone voice has evolved into lower registers (bass baritone and bass), with accompaniment from a wide variety of instruments and female backup singers.