Not currently on display at the V&A

Tantric Lovers Oz cover

Poster
1968 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is a gatefold pullout poster cover designed by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, for a cover of Oz magazine. In the late 1960s, as part of the design duo Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, he created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Waymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. They also designed for concerts held at the UFO club and Saville Theatre, and for underground magazine Oz. Their influences came from the decorative and eroticised designs of Art Nouveau, combined with the melting rainbow colours of LSD visions and pop art inspirations from the post-war media; traces of Disney, horror movie monsters and comic book characters and can often be seen hiding amongst the images.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title<i>Tantric Lovers</i> Oz cover (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Screen print on paper
Brief description
Psychedelic poster, 'Tantric Lovers', ca. late 1960s
Physical description
Psychedelic poster, "Tantric Lovers'', featuring illustration of two people intertwined, printed in gold and black and yellow. The Oz logo is at the right-hand side in pink. Unfolded cover of an issue of Oz magazine.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5cm
  • Width: 82cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • OZ
  • OZ
  • 2/6
  • HAPSHASH AND THE COLOURED COAT
Credit line
Given by Michael English
Summary
This is a gatefold pullout poster cover designed by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, for a cover of Oz magazine. In the late 1960s, as part of the design duo Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, he created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Waymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. They also designed for concerts held at the UFO club and Saville Theatre, and for underground magazine Oz. Their influences came from the decorative and eroticised designs of Art Nouveau, combined with the melting rainbow colours of LSD visions and pop art inspirations from the post-war media; traces of Disney, horror movie monsters and comic book characters and can often be seen hiding amongst the images.
Collection
Accession number
S.35-1978

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdFebruary 24, 2010
Record URL
Download as: JSON