Love Festival
Poster
1967 (published)
1967 (published)
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A poster advertising bands performing at the UFO Club, Tottenham Court Road, London, in February 1967. The glistening plastic lips and burgeoning lettering in a glorious combination of red and pink are a deliberate reference to the art of the American painter Tom Wesselmann (born 1931). At the time, the eclecticism of the British Pop poster artists was referred to by the singer and entertainer George Melly as a 'visionary and hallucinatory bouillabaisse'.
Object details
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| Title | Love Festival (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour screenprint |
| Brief description | 'Love Festival'. Colour screen print poster advertising entertainment at the U.F.O., London. Designed by Michael English. Published by Osiris Visions Ltd., London, 1967. |
| Physical description | Colour screen print poster, with large pink and red lettering against a white background, reading 'Love Festival'. This is positioned so that it appears to emanate from a huge open mouth, with glossy red lips, a pink tongue and white teeth. Smaller lettering, also in pink and red, is positioned below the mouth, and above reading 'Designed by Michael English'. |
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| Credit line | Reproduced courtesy of the artist |
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| Summary | A poster advertising bands performing at the UFO Club, Tottenham Court Road, London, in February 1967. The glistening plastic lips and burgeoning lettering in a glorious combination of red and pink are a deliberate reference to the art of the American painter Tom Wesselmann (born 1931). At the time, the eclecticism of the British Pop poster artists was referred to by the singer and entertainer George Melly as a 'visionary and hallucinatory bouillabaisse'. |
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| Other number | 12/A11 - V&A microfiche |
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| Accession number | E.38-1968 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2003 |
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