This eye-popping book offers a visual history of the psychedelic sensibility. In pop culture, that sensibility is associated with lava lamps, album covers, and "teashades," but it first manifested itself in the extreme colors and kaleidoscopic compositions of 1960s Op Artists. The psychedelic sensibility didn't die at the end of the 1960s; Psychedelic traces it through the day-glo colors of painters Peter Saul, Alex Grey, and Kenny Scharf, the pill and hemp leaf paintings of Fred Tomaselli, the intensified palettes of Douglas Bourgeois and Sharon Ellis, and mixed-media and new media works by younger artists in the new millennium.
Although the term "psychedelic" was coined to describe hallucinatory experiences produced by drugs used psychotherapeutically, the story these images tell is about the influence of psychedelic culture on the art worldnot necessarily the influence of drugs. As contemporary art evolved into a diverse and pluralistic discipline, the psychedelic evolved into a language of color and light. In Psychedelic, more than seventy-five vivid color images chart this development, exploring the art chronologically, from early Op Art through recent work using digital technology. The book, which accompanies an exhibition organized by the San Antonio Museum of Art, includes three essays that set the works in historical and cultural context.
Artists include: Isaac Abrams, Albert Alvarez, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Chio Aoshima, Kamrooz Aram, Jeremy Blake, Richie Budd, Gordon Cheung, Judy Chicago, George Cisneros, James Cobb, Steve DiBenedetto, Carole Feuerman, Jack Goldstein, Alex Grey, Peter Halley, Al Held, Mark Hogensen, Constance Lowe, Erik Parker, Ed Paschke, Lari Pittman, Ray Rapp, Deborah Remington, Bridget Riley, Susie Rosmarin, Alex Rubio, Sterling Ruby, Julian Stanczak, Jennifer Steinkamp, Frank Stella, Philip Taaffe, Barbara Takenaga, Fred Tomaselli, Victor Vasarely, Michael Velliquette, Andy Warhol, Robert Williams
Essays by: David S. Rubin, Robert C. Morgan, Daniel Pinchbeck
Copublished with the San Antonio Museum of Art

Rubin, David S., 1949-; Morgan, Robert C., 1943-; Pinchbeck, Daniel; San Antonio Museum of Art; University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery; Telfair Museum of Art

David S Rubin, 1949-

San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Museum of Art ; Cambridge, Mass.: in association with the MIT Press

San Antonio, TX, Cambridge, Mass, ©2010

United States, United States of America

Illustrated, PS, 2010

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the San Antonio Museum of Art, Mar. 13-Aug. 1, 2010, the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York, Oct. 16, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011 and the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Ga., March 4-May 30, 2011.
Includes index.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the San Antonio Museum of Art, Mar. 13-Aug. 1, 2010, the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York, Oct. 23, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011 and the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Ga., March 4-May 30, 2011
Includes index.

139 pages : 32 cm
"This eye-popping book offers a visual history of the psychedelic sensibility. In pop culture, that sensibility is associated with lava lamps, album covers, and "teashades," but it first manifested itself in the extreme colors and kaleidoscopic compositions of 1960s Op Artists. The psychedelic sensibility didn't die at the end of the 1960s; Psychedelic traces it through the day-glo colors of painters Peter Saul, Alex Grey, and Kenny Scharf, the pill and hemp leaf paintings of Fred Tomaselli, the intensified palettes of Douglas Bourgeois and Sharon Ellis, and mixed-media and new media works by younger artists in the new millennium." "Although the term "psychedelic" was coined to describe hallucinatory experiences produced by drugs used psychotherapeutically, the story these images tell is about the influence of psychedelic culture on the art world--not necessarily the influence of drugs. As contemporary art evolved into a diverse and pluralistic discipline, the psychedelic evolved into a language of color and light. In Psychedelic, more than seventy-five vivid color images chart this development, exploring the art chronologically, from early Op Art through recent work using digital technology. The book, which accompanies an exhibition organized by the San Antonio Museum of Art, includes three essays that set the works in historical and cultural context."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references and index
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the San Antonio Museum of Art, Mar. 13-Aug. 1, 2010, the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York, Oct. 16, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011 and the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Ga., March 4-May 30, 2011

"This eye-popping book offers a visual history of the psychedelic sensibility. In pop culture, that sensibility is associated with lava lamps, album covers, and "teashades," but it first manifested itself in the extreme colors and kaleidoscopic compositions of 1960s Op Artists. The psychedelic sensibility didn't die at the end of the 1960s; Psychedelic traces it through the day-glo colors of painters Peter Saul, Alex Grey, and Kenny Scharf, the pill and hemp leaf paintings of Fred Tomaselli, the intensified palettes of Douglas Bourgeois and Sharon Ellis, and mixed-media and new media works by younger artists in the new millennium." "Although the term "psychedelic" was coined to describe hallucinatory experiences produced by drugs used psychotherapeutically, the story these images tell is about the influence of psychedelic culture on the art world - not necessarily the influence of drugs. As contemporary art evolved into a diverse and pluralistic discipline, the psychedelic evolved into a language of color and light. In Psychedelic, more than seventy-five vivid color images chart this development, exploring the art chronologically, from early Op Art through recent work using digital technology. The book, which accompanies an exhibition organized by the San Antonio Museum of Art, includes three essays that set the works in historical and cultural context."--Jacket

Stimuli for a new millennium / David S. Rubin
Eternal moments : artists who explore the prospect for happiness / Robert C. Morgan
Embracing the archaic : postmodern culture and psychedelic initiation / Daniel Pinchbeck
Plates
Exhibition checklist.

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