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Victor Moscoso (American, born Spain, 1936), Neptune’s Notion, 1967, color offset lithograph on paper, image/sheet: 22 in x 14 in, Gift of Gary Westford, from the Gary Westford Collection. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 2019.29.8
The summer of 1967 was filled with drugs, sex, and rock and roll, earning it the title “Summer of Love.” It was, in other words, Hot Vax Summer before any vaccine was needed! Psychedelic posters proliferated across the streets of San Francisco advertising concerts, happenings, and events. Recently, the Portland Art Museum received a distinguished collection of these artistic posters, which combined innovative lettering, brilliant color schemes, and witty design. How is your summer going? Is it Summer of Love redux, or is it a repeat of 2020?
—Mary Weaver Chapin, Curator of Prints and Drawings
Wes Wilson (American, 1937-2020), Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Dino Valenti, February 3-5, Fillmore Auditorium, 1967, color offset lithograph on paper, image/sheet: 22 in x 14 in, Gift of Gary Westford, from the Gary Westford Collection. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 2019.29.32
Victor Moscoso (American, born Spain, 1936), Pink Panther, 1967, color offset lithograph on paper, image/sheet: 22 in x 14 in, Gift of Gary Westford, from the Gary Westford Collection. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 2019.29.10
This is Art Unbound, a joint production of PAM and the Numberz FM. In this fourth installment of the series Intisar interviews Melanie Stevens & Rupert Kinnard.