Summer of Love: Art, Fashion, and Rock and Roll
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520294823 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Exhibition dates: de Young, San Francisco: April 8–August 20, 2017. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Presenting key cultural artifacts of the time, Summer of Love introduces and explores the events and experiences that today define this dynamic era. Featuring a wide array of iconic rock posters, period photographs, music memorabilia and light shows, “out-of-this-world” clothing, and avant-garde films, this catalogue celebrates San Francisco’s rebellious and colorful counterculture that blossomed in the years surrounding the 1967 Summer of Love. With essays by Victoria Binder, Dennis McNally, and Joel Selvin. This book explores, through essays and a succession of thematic plates, the visual and material cultures of a generation searching for personal fulfillment and social change
Its precision focus on one moment in one city in American history is the book’s greatest strength.". "Summer of Love: Art, Fashion, and Rock and Roll does a remarkable job conveying both the ideas and the content of an exhibition many of us will never see
""OUTSIDE IS INSIDE, HOW DOES IT LOOK?" KEN KESEY." according to Stuart Jefferson. "Everytime I hear revolution, I hear evolution alongside it." Lenore Kandel, poet, whose '66 poetry book "A Love Book" was busted for obscenity."We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life, and think about moving the whole human race ahead a step." Jerry Garcia.Unlike other books published lately ("Psychedelia: 101 Iconic Underground Rock Albums", "1967: A Complete Rock Music History", several books on The Beatles/"Sgt. Pepper's"), this is a catalog of an exhibition at the de Young Museum in S.F., focusing on that period known as the Summer of Love. This i. bev robertson said I Love the Summer of Love. Lovely book of a fabulous exhibition of an amazing time. Had the good fortune to visit the exhibit this summer and had to have the book. It doesn't disappoint.. You've got to Love the Summer of Love Book! Great coffee table book. Lots of, photos never seen before. Lots of detailed information about the 60s. Also beautifully designed.