Peter Max’s magazine covers were found everywhere. So, what makes this one any different than the many created by Max? In 1970, Max’s art was on the cover of Manhattan Yellow Pages meaning millions of people saw it. His work was placed on their cover another two times, in 1973 and in 2001. These telephone books…
This poster was created for the Human Be-In event in 1967, which was held in the Polo Grounds of the Golden Gate park in San Francisco. The event was extremely historically important, as it was considered the climax of the Haight Ashbury psychedelic 60s scene, the manifestation of their ideals, and it became the predecessor…
This piece is a cover for a collaboration album between Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead. The album was released February 6, 1989. I chose this mostly because I love Bob Dylan and my boyfriend loves the Grateful Dead so it’s basically a metaphor for our relationship. The image of Dylan with the red and…
Rick Griffin created this piece as a cover for the Grateful Dead’s album Aoxomoxoa, which came out in 1969, the same year as the famous Woodstock music festival. It was a very important and influential piece in the psychedelic art movement, inspiring generations to come. This album cover is even listed in the Rolling Stone…
Rick Griffin was a well-known comic, surf and psychedelic artist born June 18th, 1944 in Palos Verdes, California. At Alexander Flemming Jr High, he met Randy Nauert, who later taught him to surf (in exchange for teaching Nauert how to shine shoes) when he was 14 and whose future band he would make artwork…