psychedelic art

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.