Psychedelic ArtStephanie Wright
• British psychologist, Humphry Osmond coined the phrase, psychedelic.– Which just means the artistic efforts to depict the
inner world of the psyche or the mind.
Psychedelic Art
Any kind of visual artwork that is inspired by psychedelic experience induced by drugs like LSD*.
Common in the 1960s.
Key Elements
• Metaphysical & surrealistic subject matter• Kaleidoscopic, fractal or paisley patterns• Extreme depth of detail • Stylization of detail• Bright or highly contrasting colors• Morphing of objects or themes• Repetition of motifs• Innovative typography & hand-lettering*
“Land of Psychedelic Illuminations”By Brian Exton
60’s Psychedelic ArtArtist Unknown
Artist Unknown
“Maya-Psychedelic Art”By Liromo Liromo
Artists
• Rick Griffin• Alton Kelley• Stanley “Mouse” Miller• Victor Moscoso• Wes Wilson
Influence
Fillmore Posters
Bloomfield & Butterfield Fillmore Poster
Artist Unknown
Fillmore Poster
By Wes Wilson*
Psychedelics Today
Recent poster for the movie, “Taking Woodstock”
“Creatures”Artist Unknown
Music
• The song featured in this presentation was titled “Lopez” by Deadly Avengers.
• The following is a link to the song on youtube:– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlfGJC9fdOM
&feature=related
Reflections
• The art and music seriously takes you places.
Reflections
• I like a lot of this artwork because no matter how you look at it you are not being judged about the type of person that you are, but rather the feeling that your mind evokes.
• Even in the music, it is not about the words, or even the accent of the singer, but the rawness and passion that was put into it.