Discussion conceptual design for psychadelica

Albuquerque Museum Home (Https://Www.cabq.gov) /  Arts & Culture (Https://Www.cabq.gov/Artsculture) /  Albuquerque Museum (Https://Www.cabq.gov/Artsculture/Albuquerque-Museum) /  Past Exhibits (Https://Www.cabq.gov/Artsculture/Albuquerque-Museum/Past-Exhibits) /  Dreams Unreal: The Genesis Of The Psychedelic Rock Poster

Dreams Unreal: The Genesis of the Psychedelic Rock Poster A past exhibition at Albuquerque Museum January 11–October 4, 2020. Dreams Unreal demonstrates how innovative approaches to graphics and color reflected a changing aesthetic that was embedded in the mood of the time.

Dreams Unreal Talk by Andrew Connors

≡

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 1 of 10

 

On View January 11 - October 4, 2020 

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 2 of 10

(https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/images/pc2015-10-153.jpg)

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 3 of 10

Bob Schnepf BG84: Lothar & The Hand People, The Doors, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band; Sept. 29, 30, Denver 1967 offset lithograph on paper 20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm) Albuquerque Museum, gift of Dr. James Gunn

These works of art are collected in the book Dreams Unreal: The Genesis of the Psychedelic Rock Poster, by Titus O’Brien, published by the University of New Mexico Press in association with the Albuquerque Museum. Dreams Unreal is available at the Albuquerque Museum, bookstores, or directly from the University of New Mexico Press c/o Longleaf Services, Inc. To order, please call 800-848-6224 (tel:800-848-6224) or visit www.unmpress.com. (http://www.unmpress.com) (http://www.unmpress.com) To request a review copy, book reviewers may contact UNM Press publicist Adelia Humme at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Dreams Unreal request) or 505-277-3291 (tel:505-277-3291).

 

In the late 1960s, San Francisco was ground zero for an unprecedented social revolution. Artists created a new genre in the process: the collectible rock concert poster.

Dreams Unreal explores the development of counter culture in San Francisco from 1965-1970 through the posters, hand bills and postcards that were printed to advertise music performances and events. The intersection of music and the arts became central to the youth culture that fostered social and cultural experimentation. A group of young visual artists collaborated with commercial lithographers to create these printed materials for almost daily events at venues like the Fillmore and the Avalon featuring musicians and bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Janis Joplin led Big Brother and the Holding Company, and others.

Graphic artists including Lee Conklin, Rick Griffin, Alton Kelley, Bonnie Maclean, Victor Moscoso, and Wes Wilson created a new artistic genre – the collectible rock concert poster. Dreams Unreal demonstrates how these artists were influenced by posters of the past and how their innovative approaches to graphics and color reflected a changing aesthetic that was embedded in the mood of the time.

VIEW POSTERS FROM THE JAMES GUNN COLLECTION ON EMUSEUM 

VIEW ALBUQUERQUE E-MUSEUM (http://albuquerque.emuseum.com/search/GUNN)

(http://albuquerque.emuseum.com/search/GUNN)  

The posters featured in Dreams Unreal are part of a collection of more than 300 psychedelic posters, handbills, and post cards given to the Albuquerque Museum in 2015 by Dr. James Gunn. He acquired the images while attending the University of California Berkeley in the 1960s.

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 4 of 10

The exhibition will include Rick Griffin’s poster for the The Human Be-In, the event that paved the way for 1967’s Summer of Love, works by Wes Wilson experimenting with melting fonts, a rare poster for a cancelled Grateful Dead concert in Hawaii, and many others.

Dreams Unreal captures a moment in time when young people were imagining a different kind of future.

Curated by Titus O'Brien with a comprehensive accompanying book published by the University of New Mexico Press.

 

 

Posted by Posted by New Mexico PBSNew Mexico PBS

 

Details subject to change.

Home (/testplonesite/resolveuid/4c5aa110ff674a77bd6f4c34490dde31)

Trending (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/trending)

Exhibitions (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/exhibitions)

Events (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/events)

Education (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/education)

Casa San Ysidro (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/casa-san-ysidro)

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 5 of 10

Museum Collections (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/museum- collections)

WATCH (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/watch)

Picture This! Video Podcast Gallery (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque- museum/picture-this-gallery)

Past Exhibits (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/past-exhibits)

30 Americans (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/past-exhibits/30- americans)

Neal Ambrose-Smith, Abstract in Your Home (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/past-exhibits/neal-ambrose- smith)

Selections from Trinity (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/past- exhibits/selections-from-trinity)

Dreams Unreal: The Genesis of the Psychedelic Rock Poster

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 6 of 10

Contact Information

Albuquerque Museum

Tweets from @abqmuseum

Albuquerque Museum Retweeted

Mayor Tim Keller ·@MayorKeller Apr 15

Shared memories with my parents today at @abqmuseum as part of @StoryCorps Mobile Tour, which aims to preserve and share unique stories from all over the world.

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 7 of 10

↥

2000 Mountain Road NW Albuquerque, NM 87104

(505) 243-7255 (tel:(505) 243-7255)

[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Full contact information (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/contact)

EMERGENCIES For emergencies, call 911 (tel:911) immediately.

For non-emergency police calls, call 505-242-COPS (tel:(505) 242-COPS)

311 COMMUNITY CONTACT CENTER The 311 Community Contact Center is a centralized call center for the City of Albuquerque. The 311 service is a single telephone number for all non-emergency City of Albuquerque inquiries and services.

Dial 311 (tel:311) or 505-768-2000 (tel:505-768-2000)

[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 8 of 10

TWITTER FEED

A Twitter List by cabq (https://twitter.com/cabq/lists/cabq-twitter-accounts? ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Tweets from CABQ Twitter Accounts City of Albuquerque @cabq

46 Members

Albuquerque City Council ·@ABQCityCouncil 12h

Apply to serve on the Albuquerque Civilian Police Oversight Advisory Board! The advisory board is a five-member board appointed by the City Council. Visit the website for more information and to submit an application cabq.gov/council/albuqu…

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 9 of 10

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP Stay in Touch! Sign up for updates.

email address

Subscribe

SITE MAP View the sitemap for the City of Albuquerque website. (https://www.cabq.gov/../../@@sitemap)

VISIT US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

(https://twitter.com/cabq)

(https://www.instagram.com/oneabq/)

(https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-of-albuquerque)

(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdpRwD5FA0g3ynJWxGk7BVQ)

© 2023 The City of Albuquerque. All Rights Reserved. The official website for the City of Albuquerque.

4/25/23, 5:20 AM Page 10 of 10