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Psychedelic Art Movement
The document discusses psychedelic art of the 1960s. It was born within the hippie subculture in San Francisco and was inspired by psychedelic drug experiences. Key characteristics included bright contrasting colors, optical effects, curvilinear shapes, illegible text, and collage techniques. Notable psychedelic artists mentioned include Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, Heinz Edelmann, Marijke Koger, and Keiichi Tanami. They created concert posters and album covers for bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and The Beatles. By the early 1970s, psychedelic art had been commercialized and co-opted by mainstream advertising.
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- 2. Introduction • It wasborn within the hippie subculture in San Francisco in the 1960's. • It was inspired by psychedelic experiences while the artists were on drugs like LSD and mescaline. • The intent was to discover a new realm of freedom and to liberate peoples minds.
- 3. Influences • Surrealism • ArtNouveau • Victorian Art • Pop and Comic Art
- 4. Characteristics • Use ofbright contrasting colors and loud textures. • Optical vibrating effect of graphic lines. • Use of curviliniar shapes. • Type was made illegible. • There was often metaphysical elements attached. • Text was used to create imagery. • Collage technique was used.
- 5. Victor Moscoso • Bornin Spain in 1936, moved to San Fransisco in '59. • First of the poster artists with formal training and also to use photographic collage in many of his posters. • He created “slow read” posters with the effects of the contrasting colours and intense patterns. • Turned his color theory upside down, creating "color discord" by putting up colors of similar intensity next to each other. • Invented visual motif for psychedalia and made type as illegible as possible.
- 6. Avalon Ballroom ,Big Brother and the Holding Company. 1966 San Fransisco Poster 1966 Victor Moscoso Avalon Ballroom ,The Doors, Steve Miller Blues Band. 1967
- 7. Victor Moscoso, Quicksilver MessengerService, Avalon Ballroom. 1967 Youngbloods, Poster. 1967 Concert Poster. 1967 Poster. 1969
- 8. Wes Wilson WE • Bornin 1937. • Acknowledged as the father of 60's Rock Posters. •He invented a style that was synonymous with the 60's peace movement. • His major breakthrough was in his use of color inspired by the light shows of the concerts, he mixed colors with wild abandon, resulting in visuals that perfectly captured the revolutionary essence of the music his art promoted. • Invented a 'psychedelic' font in 1966. • His work was very similar to Victor Moscos's work.
- 9. Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead,Poster. 1966 New Year Bash, Poster. 1966 Grateful Dead, Junior Wells, Chicago Blues Band, and The Doors, Poster. 1966
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- 11. Heinz Edelmann • Bornin 1934. (d.2009) • Was a German illustrator and graphic designer. • Began career as a freelance illustrator and designer for theater posters. • Also designed posters for various plays and films. • Most famous for his art direction and character designs for an animated film ( Yellow Submarine ) about The Beatles.
- 12. Cinema Poster 1964 The BeatlesAlbum Cover 1969 Lord of the rings, Book cover (German Edition) 1970
- 13. Stills from the animatedfilm ' Yellow Submarine' 1968
- 14. ‘Andromedar SR1′ BookIllustrations 1970
- 15. Marijke Koger • Wasborn in 1943. • Dutch Visual artist and designer. • Hailed as the mother of Psychedelic Art. • Member of ' the fool', a dutch design collective and band. • Worked with bands like The Beatles, Cream and The Move. • Created Fashions/costumes for bands. • Invented Psychedelic style in British Popular music in late 60's. • She defined the Techni color hippy look.
- 16. Love Life, Poster 1966 Ais for Apple, 1967 Tiger man, Poster 1970
- 17. Keiichi Tanami • Bornin 1936. • Japanese designer and illustrator. • Heavily inspired by the Psychedelic culture and Pop art. • Was a member of the Neo-Dada organization in Post- war Japan. • In 1967 he went to NY and was inspired by Andy Warhol's work. • Designed album covers for bands like Jefferson Airplane and The Monkees. • Credited for introducing Psychedelic art to Japan.
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- 19. Japanese Poster PB GrandPrix. 1968 No More War, Poster 1968 Magazine Cover 1968
- 20. End of anera • The early years of the 1970's saw advertisers using psychedelic art to sell a limitless array of consumer goods. • Even the term "psychedelic" itself underwent a s shift, and soon came to mean "anything in youth culture which is colorful, or unusual, or fashionable. • By the mid-1970s, the psychedelic art movement had been largely co-opted by mainstream commercial forces, incorporated into the very system of capitalism that the hippies had struggled so hard to change.
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