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The Denver Art Museum has an exhibit called the Psychedelic Experience, where there are hundreds of rock posters from 1960s San Francisco Bay Area. I had planned on going to this exhibit on my own time but had the chance to go with a class, which made it more enjoyable. I was able to talk with my peers about the posters and hear what they thought. I had a great time at this exhibit and even found myself inspired to create work similar to what I had seen.

It was really fantastic to see all of these old reprints and original posters, how each artist had their own style and how they influenced each other. I really enjoy these type of old posters, where the text is always different and morphs into shapes and objects. Text is the most important part of these posters, as it is always the largest part and often the most noticeable thing. Each poster, while following the same theme and formula, is different and amazing in their own way. Some posters used images from pop culture and photos of people to emphasize the event.

While most of the posters were new to me, there was one that I was very familiar with. I forget who the artist was, but there was a poster for a concert in Denver at what is now PT’s Show Club. My old roommate had this poster hanging in his room that he got from his dad. It was cool to see a piece of art in a museum that I had seen elsewhere in person.

There was also a part of the museum with different exhibits showing the ‘60s lifestyle, where you could look and listen to old records, view old magazines, and even make your own psychedelic poster using images from other posters. This whole experience allows me, someone not around in the ‘60s, to see what the culture was like and what living would have been like back than.

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