"Under the Influence: Psychedelic Art" Hi Def version

Under the Influence: Psychedelic Art Exhibit
June 6 to Oct. 11, 2015
Under the Influence is a selection of art that directly or indirectly reflects a basic human urge toward personal revelation, and occasional revolution. It will include a small selection of prints, drawings, collages, and music posters that could all loosely be considered psychedelic.
Psychedelic literally means "mind-manifesting." The most common association is probably to the class of mind-altering substances for which the term was originally coined. Next thoughts are likely to involve the musical and cultural movements whose impacts on American culture are so pervasive as to be incalculable. We immediately conjure images of Jimi Hendrix, paisley prints, and swirling, trippy, brightly-colored amoebas; but the psychedelic influence goes well beyond the clichés.
Properly speaking, all art attempting to depict the human psyche can be termed psychedelic. Many art movements in the 20th century were inspired by the belief that to create a new and better world (or self), one first had to visualize it. California, particularly the San Francisco bay area, became the epicenter for what was arguably the largest cultural revolution in history. Visual art was no small part of that story.
Seamlessly integrated with the music, spirituality, and politics of the era, so-called psychedelic art had many faces, and many influences. New Mexico was on the migration and pilgrimage route of many “hippies” and other counter-cultural visionaries; thousands came, and many stayed. But the spread of new music, art and ideas didn’t just rely on itinerant missionaries; it was streamed on the airwaves, and seen in the art galleries.
Under the Influence will feature music posters from the 1960s for bands like the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane, alongside other art that visualizes non-ordinary states of awareness. Featured works are primarily drawn from the Museum’s rich permanent collection of works on paper.