The Resource Out there : the transcendent life and art of Burt Shonberg, by Spencer Kansa
Out there : the transcendent life and art of Burt Shonberg, by Spencer Kansa
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- Summary
- "From the late-1950s until his premature death in 1977, Burt Shonberg was one of the most highly admired artists in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffeehouses and hip clubs on the Sunset Strip; his paintings adorned several notable rock album covers, and his haunting portraits featured prominently in Roger Corman's film adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher and The Premature Burial. Born in 1933, Shonberg grew up in the all-American beach town of Revere, Massachusetts, where, according to his friends, he spent most of his time drawing and indulging in his love of monster movies. After graduating high school, he studied for two years at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and then, after a brief spell in the army, he ventured to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a commercial artist. Soon after he settled in L.A., Shonberg became the lover of the legendary occult artist Marjorie Cameron who turned him on to the teachings of the Edwardian magus Aleister Crowley and introduced him to the mind-warping properties of peyote. Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, and his canvases began to reflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. In 1960, the artist was chosen by Dr. Oscar Janiger to participate in his groundbreaking study into the effects of LSD-25 on the creative process. Although Shonberg regarded himself as a magical realist, his remarkable renderings of his hallucinogenic visions led many of his acolytes to regard him as the preeminent psychedelic artist of the era, and in the words of his friend and fellow painter Walter Teller, "Burt was the artist of Laurel Canyon." Yet despite his popularity and status, Shonberg's artistry has been criminally overlooked in all historical accounts of the Southern Californian art scene, until now. Out There redresses this injustice and brings some long overdue recognition to L.A.'s greatest lost artist, in a book illustrated with rare examples of his incandescent artwork"--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9781906958794
- Label
- Out there : the transcendent life and art of Burt Shonberg
- Title
- Out there
- Title remainder
- the transcendent life and art of Burt Shonberg
- Statement of responsibility
- by Spencer Kansa
- Subject
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- Cameron, Marjorie, 1922-1995 -- Influence
- Janiger, Oscar -- Influence
- LSD (Drug)
- Laurel Canyon (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Muralists -- 20th century
- Painters -- 20th century
- Artists -- California | Los Angeles -- 20th century
- Psychedelic art -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Biography
- Shonberg, Burt, 1933-1977
- Shonberg, Burt, 1933-1977 -- Biography
- Peyote
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the late-1950s until his premature death in 1977, Burt Shonberg was one of the most highly admired artists in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffeehouses and hip clubs on the Sunset Strip; his paintings adorned several notable rock album covers, and his haunting portraits featured prominently in Roger Corman's film adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher and The Premature Burial. Born in 1933, Shonberg grew up in the all-American beach town of Revere, Massachusetts, where, according to his friends, he spent most of his time drawing and indulging in his love of monster movies. After graduating high school, he studied for two years at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and then, after a brief spell in the army, he ventured to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a commercial artist. Soon after he settled in L.A., Shonberg became the lover of the legendary occult artist Marjorie Cameron who turned him on to the teachings of the Edwardian magus Aleister Crowley and introduced him to the mind-warping properties of peyote. Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, and his canvases began to reflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. In 1960, the artist was chosen by Dr. Oscar Janiger to participate in his groundbreaking study into the effects of LSD-25 on the creative process. Although Shonberg regarded himself as a magical realist, his remarkable renderings of his hallucinogenic visions led many of his acolytes to regard him as the preeminent psychedelic artist of the era, and in the words of his friend and fellow painter Walter Teller, "Burt was the artist of Laurel Canyon." Yet despite his popularity and status, Shonberg's artistry has been criminally overlooked in all historical accounts of the Southern Californian art scene, until now. Out There redresses this injustice and brings some long overdue recognition to L.A.'s greatest lost artist, in a book illustrated with rare examples of his incandescent artwork"--Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kansa, Spencer
- Dewey number
- 759.13
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ND237.C2217
- LC item number
- K35 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Shonberg, Burt
- Cameron, Marjorie
- Janiger, Oscar
- Psychedelic art
- Artists
- Painters
- Muralists
- Peyote
- LSD (Drug)
- Laurel Canyon (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Label
- Out there : the transcendent life and art of Burt Shonberg, by Spencer Kansa
- Bar code
- 31223135937648
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-250) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9781906958794
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1004923401
- Label
- Out there : the transcendent life and art of Burt Shonberg, by Spencer Kansa
- Bar code
- 31223135937648
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-250) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9781906958794
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1004923401
Subject
- Cameron, Marjorie, 1922-1995 -- Influence
- Janiger, Oscar -- Influence
- LSD (Drug)
- Laurel Canyon (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Muralists -- 20th century
- Painters -- 20th century
- Artists -- California | Los Angeles -- 20th century
- Psychedelic art -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Biography
- Shonberg, Burt, 1933-1977
- Shonberg, Burt, 1933-1977 -- Biography
- Peyote
- Biographies
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