Blotter Art: The Institute of Illegal Images

Rak Razam of "The Journeybook" and "Aya: a Shamanic Odyssey" posted an interview with famous blotter art collector Mark McCloud for Juxtapose magazine.

The downstairs lounge of McCloud’s San Francisco home is a private art gallery dedicated to what could be called America’s most “illuminating” art form, de-activated samples and sheets of acid from the sixties to the noughts collected everywhere from the local street corner to the other side of the world. Stumbling through his collection is like one giant flashback to every acid trip you’ve ever had, immortalized right there on his wall.

Check it for the full interview and some interesting blotter images.

» more at: www.juxtapoz.com

Posted By jamesk at 2009-09-10 22:29:57 permalink | comments

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yolanda. : 2011-05-27 09:34:58

they shoulda let me de-activate them with my tounque (:

Gwyllm. : 2009-09-13 01:54:03

Blotter art is evocative art. It evokes all kinds of emotions, just by looking at is.

GK. : 2009-09-11 18:00:51

Yeah! And everyone that grows their own weed or has a basement psilocybin lab or something is a dick! I hate when other people are high and I'm not. *pout*

dude. : 2009-09-11 13:41:21

facetiousfascist: blotter is a tool, blotter art is.. art.

Anonymous. : 2009-09-11 07:10:14

I hear the best way to deactivate blotter is to suck on the paper.

Synchronium.net. : 2009-09-11 04:00:12

facetiousfascist: Is it really that much of a big deal? I thought it was quite a nice idea.

Quite wasteful though. I can see how it would make people jealous if LSD was in short supply round them.

facetiousfascist. : 2009-09-11 01:52:29

the fetishisation of LSD blotter art makes me sick. it's a tool, not a collectible. "de-activated samples"!? seriously?

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