'Summer of Love': Art of the Psychedelic Era Exhibit @ The Whitney Museum, NYC - Bilge

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1196	D donhonyc Posted posted on Sat, Jun 16, 2007 11:40 PM On 2007-06-16 16:53, kctiki wrote: Back then I had the impression that one of the points of psychedelic art was for the younger generation to thumb their noses at the establishment. So, if today's critics don't like it, they too can take a flying f-ck at a rolling donut. Thank you! The 'donut' line made me laugh out loud, I have to use that more often. And while I'm thinking of it, ya know alot of Jazz of the Avant-Garde period ie. Coltrane, Sun Ra, etc. was basically channelling alot of what Psychedelic was all about anyway. Jazz is just a more accepted form of art by the 'art world' for some reason. I guess that reason would be that Jazz did not have to deliver itself in a visual form, it was/is basically theater of the mind. You had to think about it without a trippy ('low art') light show. Anybody ever have a damn good listen to Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme'? Damn if that ain't Psychedelic! That was concieved specifically behind the idea of art=higher consciousness. "A Love supreme" will definitely shake your foundations...no questions asked. Now listen to The MC5. Noise to some...definitely the collective sound of a higher power to others, I being one of those others. Coltrane, MC5, trippy light show...it's all the same path.

On 2007-06-16 16:53, kctiki wrote:
Back then I had the impression that one of the points of psychedelic art was for the younger generation to thumb their noses at the establishment. So, if today's critics don't like it, they too can take a flying f-ck at a rolling donut.

Thank you! The 'donut' line made me laugh out loud, I have to use that more often. And while I'm thinking of it, ya know alot of Jazz of the Avant-Garde period ie. Coltrane, Sun Ra, etc. was basically channelling alot of what Psychedelic was all about anyway. Jazz is just a more accepted form of art by the 'art world' for some reason. I guess that reason would be that Jazz did not have to deliver itself in a visual form, it was/is basically theater of the mind. You had to think about it without a trippy ('low art') light show. Anybody ever have a damn good listen to Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme'? Damn if that ain't Psychedelic! That was concieved specifically behind the idea of art=higher consciousness. "A Love supreme" will definitely shake your foundations...no questions asked. Now listen to The MC5. Noise to some...definitely the collective sound of a higher power to others, I being one of those others. Coltrane, MC5, trippy light show...it's all the same path.

Post #313261 by donhonyc on Sat, Jun 16, 2007 11:40 PM