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Rick Griffen, was an American Artist

Born 1944 was and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters; psychedelic Art is informed by the notion that altered states of consciousness produced by psychedelic drugs are a source of artistic inspiration That is to say by those artists who have sought to record the visions derived from the psychedelic drug experience into works of art.. Griffin met a group of artists and musicians known as the Jook Savage and participated in the Watts Acid Test held by Ken Kesey. Kesey’s role as a medical guinea inspired him to write the famous novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1962..

Griffin was closely identified with the Gratful Dead, having designed some of their best known posters and record jackets.

Griffin was born near Palos Verdes in southwestern Los Angeles County in California amidst the surfing culture of southern California. . Soon after leaving Palos Verdes High School, Rick became staff artist at Surfer Magazine. During his time at Surfer, Rick created the character of Murphy, whose impact on the surf scene at the time should not be underestimated. soon became integral to the Californian surf scene. Rick parted company with Surfer in 1964.

Planning to immigrate to Australia, Rick hitched a lift toward San Francisco. After falling asleep, he awoke to find the car swerving from side to side with the driver laughing maniacally. The vehicle went out of control and Rick later recalled that the last thing he remembered was flying through the air watching his cheap suitcase hitting the ground and splintering into a thousand pieces. The first thing he heard when he finally regained consciousness was someone reading Psalm 23 "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...". This proved to be a major factor in Rick's later conversion to Christianity.

Rick's left eye was dislocated in the accident (perhaps the inspiration behind the disembodied eye in his subsequent work), and he sustained lasting facial scarring. Subsequently Rick changed not only his appearance, (he grew a beard and sported an eye-patch), his art also became more sophisticated and the characteristic fluid lettering style emerged. The famous 'Flying Eyeball' poster ranks as one of the most important of the time and is sought after by fans and modern art museums alike

Rick became known as one of the "Big Five" of psychedelia. He was one of five artist who founded the Berkeley-Bonaparte distribution agency to produce and sell psychedelic poster art. He oversaw the lithography, ensuring a flow of quality artwork.

In the 70's Rick became a Christian and his work took a radical change of direction. He later created work for the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa. The Chapel was affiliated with Maranatha! Music and hired Rick as art director to produce album covers, posters and flyers for the growing Christian music scene.

At noon on 15th August 1991 Rick On his way back to his house on Stadler Lane in Petaluma, Rick's Harley Heritage Softail was forced off the road by a van he was attempting to pass. Rick died three days later from his injuries.

Rick Griffin's last published work was printed in the San Francisco magazine, The City, shortly before his death; a self portrait of the man at Heaven's Gate, pen and ink in hand...

www.myraltis.co.uk/rickgriffin/bio.htm

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neville brody

Neville Brody
Modern-day typography superstar

We often talk about the "greats" in typography -- Goudy, Garamond, and others -- but seldom focus on designers of the late 20th century. Neville Brody has created typefaces that revolutionized the graphic design over the past two decades. He's a British designer and art director, hailing from record cover design. He made his fame through awesome work as Art Director for the Face magazine, then moving on to City Limits, Lei, Per Lui, Actuel and Arena, together with London's The Observer newspaper and magazine.

He has shown that truly creative and different high-quality fonts can still become classics. 1988 Brody published the first of his two monographs , which became the world's best selling graphic design book. Combined sales now exceed 120,000. An accompanying exhibition of his work at the Victoria and Albert Museum attracted over 40,000 visitors before touring Europe and Japan.
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victor moscoso.....posters for tripping

Victor Moscoso was among the most gifted and influential artists to emerge from the Sixties counterculture, pioneering not only the psychedelic concert poster designs made famous during San Francisco's Summer of Love but also making his mark in underground comix. Born in Spain and raised in Brooklyn, Moscoso attended Cooper Union Art School before studying at the Yale School of Art; he arrived on the west coast in 1959 to enroll at the San Francisco Art Institute, and after graduation remained at the school for another five years to teach lithography. Alongside Rick Griffin, Wes Wilson, Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley -- with whom his work was celebrated during the famed 1967 "Joint Show" -- Moscoso became one of the most famous of the psychedelic artists to surface during the mid-1960s, his provocative work for the Family Dog's dances at the Avalon Ballroom as well as his Neon Rose posters for the Matrix earning international attention. By 1968, he had turned his focus to underground comix storytelling, becoming one of the contributors to Robert Crumb's infamous Zap series; he also gained renown for his cover art for performers like Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Herbie Hancock and David Grisman. Moscoso additionally designed countless t-shirts and billboards, later winning a pair of CLIO awards for his animated advertising projects; he also worked in music video. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Shigeo Fukuda - Poster Design - Chris Nowlan

 

Shigeo Fukuda was a sculptor, graphic artist and poster designer who created optical illusions. He was born in Tokyo. His art pieces usually portray deception, such as Lunch With a Helmet On, a sculpture created entirely from forks, knives, and spoons, that casts a detailed shadow of a motorcycle.

The New York Times described how Fukuda's posters "distilled complex concepts into compelling images of logo-simplicity". His commercial work included his creation of the official poster for the 1970 World's Fair in Osaka. A 1980 poster created for Amnesty International features a clenched fist interwoven with barbed wire, with the letter "S" in the word "Amnesty" at the top of the poster formed from a linked shackle. "Victory 1945", one of his best-known works, features a projectile heading straight at the opening of the barrel of a cannon. A pair of posters created to celebrate Earth Day include a design showing the Earth as a seed opening against a solid sea-blue background and "1982 Happy Earth Day", which shows an axe with its head against the ground and a small branch sprouting upwards from its handle.

 

Links

http://designhistorymashup.blogspot.com/2008/04/shigeo-fukudas-poster-design.html

http://www3.icm.gov.mo/gate/gb/www.macauart.net/Gallery/ShowMIndexE.asp?cid=165&id=146&gid=8069&topicName=

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5976362.ece
http://www.spock.com/Shigeo-Fukuda
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