Pinstriped Gas Tanks
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Alton Kelley passed away this week. Kelley’s work with Stanley Mouse and the Family Dog collective has become iconic of the Summer of Love. Their psychedelic blend of a hodgepodge of found visuals and intricate lettering graced the covers of albums by the Grateful Dead, the Steve Miller Band, and Journey as well as numerous posters and handbills.
More 1960’s counterculture, but conveyed through architecture: Drop City, Solux/Lama, the Prickley Mountain gang, etc.
Arresting retro noir and gloss photography from Alex Prager’s Big Valley exhibition. Her blending of Hitchcock peril and golden suburban sheen are currently being shown in the UK at the Michael Hoppen Gallery.
Other recent ogling: Wonderland, a magazine. Photo reps: New Blood Agency. The wooden scenes of Alison Elizabeth Taylor. The art of Graph drome.