WCLT
Monday, Feb 22 1999 10:37AM ET
Press Release February 22,
41st Annual GRAMMY(R) Awards Official Poster Now Available Online At
WCollect.com
Exclusive On-line Distributor for 1999 Poster Painted by Noted Artist Rick Garcia
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The chance to own a piece of
GRAMMY history is now available to music lovers around the globe as the 41st Annual
GRAMMY Awards Official Poster goes on the web on WCollect.com (OTC Bulletin
Board: WCLT - news), the exclusive online distributor. An unprecedented venture, this
is the first time that The Recording Academya has extended distribution rights of the
poster -- one of the event's most powerful images -- to an independent organization.
The poster, painted by noted artist Rick Garcia, is a fluid and sensual fusion of color,
intermingling images of 9 musical elements -- a piano, keyboard, guitar, violin,
microphone, trumpet, control board, music notes and sheet music. The images
metamorphose into and out of one another, blending the traditions of yesterday into the
latest technology of making music today, and in a special twist, Mr. Garcia has hidden
the number of this year's Awards, 41, within the work. A longtime admirer of Eric
Clapton, the 45-year-old Garcia, a native of Miami, pays unique tribute to him in this
year's poster -- using the actual score of Clapton's song ''Layla'' on the image of the
music sheet.
The 41st Annual GRAMMY Awards Official Poster retails for $24.95 unsigned or
$99.95 for the limited edition print signed by the artist.
The first virtual online marketplace specializing in authentic works of art and
memorabilia, WCollect.com is a collector's paradise, pioneering a new way to buy, sell
and auction art and entertainment items. A publicly traded company as of February 16,
1999, WCollect.com, which features unique product by such renowned celebrities as
Andy Warhol, Gloria Estefan, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Elvis,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Linda McCartney and more, is primed to become the premier
Internet site for buyers and sellers of entertainment art and collectibles. WCollect.com is
traded under the symbol WCLT on the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board.
The 41st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be telecast by CBS from the Los Angeles
Shrine Auditorium on Wednesday, February 24, 1999, from 8-11 p.m. ET/PT. |
