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WITH BURT SHONBERG
Shonberg was one of the premiere psychedelic and esoteric artists in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a romantic partner of artist, poet, and actress, Marjorie Cameron, as well as a close friend of renowned writers Hampton Fancher (BladeRunner) and George Clayton Johnson (Star Trek,The Twilight Zone, Logan’s Run).
Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of Gurdjieff, and his paintings and drawings began toreflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. A user of psychedelics since the mid 1950s, in the early 1960s, Burt Shonberg enlisted in LSD experiments conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger at the University ofCalifornia Irvine. The conveyance in his art of altered cognition and perception of hallucinatory states became a primary pursuit for Burt throughout his life as an artist.
His work was prominently featured in Roger Corman’s Vincent Price-starring horror film The Fall of the House of Usher and on the walls of venueslike the long-gone, bohemian Laguna Beach coffeehouse Café Frankenstein. His paintings of mythical creatures in fantastic landscapes have only recently begun to attract the attention. From the late 1950s, until his premature death in 1977, Shonberg was a highly admired artist of his time in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffee houses and clubs along the Sunset Strip. His paintings also adorned notable rock album covers by bands like Love and others. Shonberg’s only exhibition of his art occurred in 1967. Ringo Starr has been a long time collector of the artist’s work." -Philosophical Research Society and Stephen Romano.
Shonberg was one of the premiere psychedelic and esoteric artists in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a romantic partner of artist, poet, and actress, Marjorie Cameron, as well as a close friend of renowned writers Hampton Fancher (BladeRunner) and George Clayton Johnson (Star Trek,The Twilight Zone, Logan’s Run).
Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of Gurdjieff, and his paintings and drawings began toreflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. A user of psychedelics since the mid 1950s, in the early 1960s, Burt Shonberg enlisted in LSD experiments conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger at the University ofCalifornia Irvine. The conveyance in his art of altered cognition and perception of hallucinatory states became a primary pursuit for Burt throughout his life as an artist.
His work was prominently featured in Roger Corman’s Vincent Price-starring horror film The Fall of the House of Usher and on the walls of venueslike the long-gone, bohemian Laguna Beach coffeehouse Café Frankenstein. His paintings of mythical creatures in fantastic landscapes have only recently begun to attract the attention. From the late 1950s, until his premature death in 1977, Shonberg was a highly admired artist of his time in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffee houses and clubs along the Sunset Strip. His paintings also adorned notable rock album covers by bands like Love and others. Shonberg’s only exhibition of his art occurred in 1967. Ringo Starr has been a long time collector of the artist’s work." -Philosophical Research Society and Stephen Romano.
BLASTS OF UNEXPECTED LIGHT: THE VISIONARY ART OF BURT SHONBERG EXHIBITION AT THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY AND STEPHEN ROMANO GALLERY OCTOBER 24 – DECEMBER 21, LOS ANGELES
The first exhibition of the artist’s works in LA in over 50 years, he was introduced to the occult by follower of Thelema MarjorieCameron with whom he had an affair beginning in 1957.
WITH BURT SHONBERG
Shonberg was one of the premiere psychedelic and esoteric artists in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a romantic partner of artist, poet, and actress, Marjorie Cameron, as well as a close friend of renowned writers Hampton Fancher (BladeRunner) and George Clayton Johnson (Star Trek,The Twilight Zone, Logan’s Run).
Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of Gurdjieff, and his paintings and drawings began toreflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. A user of psychedelics since the mid 1950s, in the early 1960s, Burt Shonberg enlisted in LSD experiments conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger at the University ofCalifornia Irvine. The conveyance in his art of altered cognition and perception of hallucinatory states became a primary pursuit for Burt throughout his life as an artist.
His work was prominently featured in Roger Corman’s Vincent Price-starring horror film The Fall of the House of Usher and on the walls of venueslike the long-gone, bohemian Laguna Beach coffeehouse Café Frankenstein. His paintings of mythical creatures in fantastic landscapes have only recently begun to attract the attention. From the late 1950s, until his premature death in 1977, Shonberg was a highly admired artist of his time in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffee houses and clubs along the Sunset Strip. His paintings also adorned notable rock album covers by bands like Love and others. Shonberg’s only exhibition of his art occurred in 1967. Ringo Starr has been a long time collector of the artist’s work." -Philosophical Research Society and Stephen Romano.
Shonberg was one of the premiere psychedelic and esoteric artists in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a romantic partner of artist, poet, and actress, Marjorie Cameron, as well as a close friend of renowned writers Hampton Fancher (BladeRunner) and George Clayton Johnson (Star Trek,The Twilight Zone, Logan’s Run).
Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of Gurdjieff, and his paintings and drawings began toreflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. A user of psychedelics since the mid 1950s, in the early 1960s, Burt Shonberg enlisted in LSD experiments conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger at the University ofCalifornia Irvine. The conveyance in his art of altered cognition and perception of hallucinatory states became a primary pursuit for Burt throughout his life as an artist.
His work was prominently featured in Roger Corman’s Vincent Price-starring horror film The Fall of the House of Usher and on the walls of venueslike the long-gone, bohemian Laguna Beach coffeehouse Café Frankenstein. His paintings of mythical creatures in fantastic landscapes have only recently begun to attract the attention. From the late 1950s, until his premature death in 1977, Shonberg was a highly admired artist of his time in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffee houses and clubs along the Sunset Strip. His paintings also adorned notable rock album covers by bands like Love and others. Shonberg’s only exhibition of his art occurred in 1967. Ringo Starr has been a long time collector of the artist’s work." -Philosophical Research Society and Stephen Romano.
BLASTS OF UNEXPECTED LIGHT: THE VISIONARY ART OF BURT SHONBERG EXHIBITION AT THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY AND STEPHEN ROMANO GALLERY OCTOBER 24 – DECEMBER 21, LOS ANGELES
The first exhibition of the artist’s works in LA in over 50 years, he was introduced to the occult by follower of Thelema MarjorieCameron with whom he had an affair beginning in 1957.
WITH BURT SHONBERG
Shonberg was one of the premiere psychedelic and esoteric artists in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a romantic partner of artist, poet, and actress, Marjorie Cameron, as well as a close friend of renowned writers Hampton Fancher (BladeRunner) and George Clayton Johnson (Star Trek,The Twilight Zone, Logan’s Run).
Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of Gurdjieff, and his paintings and drawings began toreflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. A user of psychedelics since the mid 1950s, in the early 1960s, Burt Shonberg enlisted in LSD experiments conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger at the University ofCalifornia Irvine. The conveyance in his art of altered cognition and perception of hallucinatory states became a primary pursuit for Burt throughout his life as an artist.
His work was prominently featured in Roger Corman’s Vincent Price-starring horror film The Fall of the House of Usher and on the walls of venueslike the long-gone, bohemian Laguna Beach coffeehouse Café Frankenstein. His paintings of mythical creatures in fantastic landscapes have only recently begun to attract the attention. From the late 1950s, until his premature death in 1977, Shonberg was a highly admired artist of his time in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffee houses and clubs along the Sunset Strip. His paintings also adorned notable rock album covers by bands like Love and others. Shonberg’s only exhibition of his art occurred in 1967. Ringo Starr has been a long time collector of the artist’s work." -Philosophical Research Society and Stephen Romano.
Shonberg was one of the premiere psychedelic and esoteric artists in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a romantic partner of artist, poet, and actress, Marjorie Cameron, as well as a close friend of renowned writers Hampton Fancher (BladeRunner) and George Clayton Johnson (Star Trek,The Twilight Zone, Logan’s Run).
Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of Gurdjieff, and his paintings and drawings began toreflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. A user of psychedelics since the mid 1950s, in the early 1960s, Burt Shonberg enlisted in LSD experiments conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger at the University ofCalifornia Irvine. The conveyance in his art of altered cognition and perception of hallucinatory states became a primary pursuit for Burt throughout his life as an artist.
His work was prominently featured in Roger Corman’s Vincent Price-starring horror film The Fall of the House of Usher and on the walls of venueslike the long-gone, bohemian Laguna Beach coffeehouse Café Frankenstein. His paintings of mythical creatures in fantastic landscapes have only recently begun to attract the attention. From the late 1950s, until his premature death in 1977, Shonberg was a highly admired artist of his time in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffee houses and clubs along the Sunset Strip. His paintings also adorned notable rock album covers by bands like Love and others. Shonberg’s only exhibition of his art occurred in 1967. Ringo Starr has been a long time collector of the artist’s work." -Philosophical Research Society and Stephen Romano.
BLASTS OF UNEXPECTED LIGHT: THE VISIONARY ART OF BURT SHONBERG EXHIBITION AT THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY AND STEPHEN ROMANO GALLERY OCTOBER 24 – DECEMBER 21, LOS ANGELES
The first exhibition of the artist’s works in LA in over 50 years, he was introduced to the occult by follower of Thelema MarjorieCameron with whom he had an affair beginning in 1957.
WITH BURT SHONBERG
Shonberg was one of the premiere psychedelic and esoteric artists in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a romantic partner of artist, poet, and actress, Marjorie Cameron, as well as a close friend of renowned writers Hampton Fancher (BladeRunner) and George Clayton Johnson (Star Trek,The Twilight Zone, Logan’s Run).
Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of Gurdjieff, and his paintings and drawings began toreflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. A user of psychedelics since the mid 1950s, in the early 1960s, Burt Shonberg enlisted in LSD experiments conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger at the University ofCalifornia Irvine. The conveyance in his art of altered cognition and perception of hallucinatory states became a primary pursuit for Burt throughout his life as an artist.
His work was prominently featured in Roger Corman’s Vincent Price-starring horror film The Fall of the House of Usher and on the walls of venueslike the long-gone, bohemian Laguna Beach coffeehouse Café Frankenstein. His paintings of mythical creatures in fantastic landscapes have only recently begun to attract the attention. From the late 1950s, until his premature death in 1977, Shonberg was a highly admired artist of his time in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffee houses and clubs along the Sunset Strip. His paintings also adorned notable rock album covers by bands like Love and others. Shonberg’s only exhibition of his art occurred in 1967. Ringo Starr has been a long time collector of the artist’s work." -Philosophical Research Society and Stephen Romano.
Shonberg was one of the premiere psychedelic and esoteric artists in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a romantic partner of artist, poet, and actress, Marjorie Cameron, as well as a close friend of renowned writers Hampton Fancher (BladeRunner) and George Clayton Johnson (Star Trek,The Twilight Zone, Logan’s Run).
Shonberg also embraced the Fourth Way system of Gurdjieff, and his paintings and drawings began toreflect the mystical illumination inspired by his higher states of consciousness. A user of psychedelics since the mid 1950s, in the early 1960s, Burt Shonberg enlisted in LSD experiments conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger at the University ofCalifornia Irvine. The conveyance in his art of altered cognition and perception of hallucinatory states became a primary pursuit for Burt throughout his life as an artist.
His work was prominently featured in Roger Corman’s Vincent Price-starring horror film The Fall of the House of Usher and on the walls of venueslike the long-gone, bohemian Laguna Beach coffeehouse Café Frankenstein. His paintings of mythical creatures in fantastic landscapes have only recently begun to attract the attention. From the late 1950s, until his premature death in 1977, Shonberg was a highly admired artist of his time in Los Angeles. During this period, his eye-popping murals graced the facades and interiors of popular coffee houses and clubs along the Sunset Strip. His paintings also adorned notable rock album covers by bands like Love and others. Shonberg’s only exhibition of his art occurred in 1967. Ringo Starr has been a long time collector of the artist’s work." -Philosophical Research Society and Stephen Romano.
BLASTS OF UNEXPECTED LIGHT: THE VISIONARY ART OF BURT SHONBERG EXHIBITION AT THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY AND STEPHEN ROMANO GALLERY OCTOBER 24 – DECEMBER 21, LOS ANGELES
The first exhibition of the artist’s works in LA in over 50 years, he was introduced to the occult by follower of Thelema MarjorieCameron with whom he had an affair beginning in 1957.