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Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic EraSummer of Love is a ground-breaking exhibition about psychedelic art which illustrates the unique connections between contemporary art, popular culture, and political protest during the 1960s and early 1970s.
The presentation reveals that psychedelia constitutes one of the most exciting but also one of the most neglected phenomena in the history of the 20th century.
The dialogue between psychedelic art and the political revolution and counterculture of the time manifested itself in an extraordinary aesthetic that gave expression to the social, political, ethnical, and sexual liberation.
Striving for an ecstatic art stimulated the expansion of consciousness and the deliberate sensory overload.
This was sometimes achieved with the help of hallucinogenic agents that were an essential element of the psychedelic movement.
The presentation of more than 350 works including paintings, photographs, films, light shows, environments, and record covers, as well as documentary material from Europe, the USA, South America, and Japan presented within a sensational exhibition architecture designed by UN Studio (Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos) emphasizes the international character of the movement.
The exhibition "Summer of Love" is sponsored by "Škoda Auto Deutschland GmbH" and "Galeria Kaufhof, Frankfurt, An der Hauptwache."
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