Originally published in 2010 ‘Psychedelic – Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960s’ is a visual history of the ‘psychedelic sensibility.’ Three essays, by the book’s editor David S. Rubin, Robert C. Morgan and Daniel Pinchbeck, introduce and frame the diverse selection of paintings, mixed-media and new media works, within a succinct cultural perspective.
For many the ‘psychedelic era’ is a time period located during the Sixties but whilst optical, visionary and, indeed, psychedelic artistic sensibility found its earliest popular expression during the decade, its historical reach is much larger. In his forward, Marion Ottinger Jr., writes that this book “explores the visual impact that the psychedelic culture of the 1960s and earlier has had on an impressive assortment of artists working over the past five decades.”
