Rubin, D
Psychedelic
- ISBN 13:
- 9780262014045
- author:
- Rubin, D
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- MIT Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 140
- Dimensions:
- 31.2 x 20.1 x 1.8 cm
- Genre:
- Miscellaneous items
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960s is a visual history of the psychedelic sensibility, featuring over seventy-five stunning color images. This book explores how an aesthetic that began with Op Art and album covers evolved through the day-glo colors of painters such as Peter Saul, Alex Grey, and Kenny Scharf, to the intensified palettes of Douglas Bourgeois and Sharon Ellis. The term "psychedelic" was coined to describe hallucinatory experiences produced by drugs used psychotherapeutically, but the story these images tell is about the influence of psychedelic culture on the art world. The book charts this development chronologically, from early Op Art through recent work using digital technology, and includes three essays that set the works in historical and cultural context. The book accompanies an exhibition organized by the San Antonio Museum of Art and offers a unique insight into the evolution of a language of color and light.
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