Tantric Lovers Oz cover
Poster
1968 (designed)
1968 (designed)
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Accession number | S.35-1978 |
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Record created | February 24, 2010 |
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