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Semina culture : Wallace Berman & his circle / Michael Duncan and Kristine McKenna.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, [2015]Edition: Second editionDescription: 383 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781938922725
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 700.9794 DUN B4562d 2015
LOC classification:
  • N6537.B466 A4 2015
Contents:
Director's foreword / Elsa Longhauser -- Wallace Berman & his circle: introduction / Michael Duncan -- Semina as art / Michael Duncan -- Surrealism meets Kabbalah: Wallace Berman and the Semina poets / Stephen Fredman -- Semina contents / Michael Duncan -- Artist biographies / Michael Duncan, Kristine McKenna, Raymond Foye -- Wallace Berman and photography / Kristine McKenna -- Chronology / Kristine McKenna -- Letters / edited and with an introduction by Kristine McKenna.
Artists: Robert Alexander -- John Altoon -- Toni Basil -- Paul Beattie -- Wallace Berman -- Ray Bremser -- Bonnie Bremser -- Charles Britten -- Joan Brown -- Cameron -- Bruce Conner -- Jean Conner -- Jay DeFeo -- Diane DiPrima -- Kirby Doyle -- Bobby Driscoll -- Robert Duncan -- Joe Dunn -- Llyn Foulkes -- Loree Foxx -- Allen Ginsberg -- Billy Gray -- Jack Hirschman -- Walter Hopps -- Ralph Gibson -- George Herms -- Dennis Hopper -- Billy Jahrmarkt -- Jess -- Lawrence Jordan -- Patricia Jordan -- Bob Kaufman -- William Margolis -- Henry Miller -- Stuart Perkoff -- David Meltzer -- Philip Lamantia -- Michael McClure -- Taylor Mead -- DiDi Morrill -- John Reed -- Arthur Richer -- Rachel Rosenthal -- Dean Stockwell -- Ben Talbert -- Russel Tamblyn -- Aya (Tarlow) -- Alexander Trocchi -- Jack Smith -- Edmund Teske -- Zack Walsh -- Lew Welch -- John Wieners.
Summary: "This reprint of the now classic and much sought-after 2005 volume celebrates the circle of the quintessential visual artist of the Beat era, Wallace Berman (1926-76), who remains one of the best-kept secrets of the postwar era. A crucial figure in California's underground culture, Berman was a catalyst who traversed many different worlds, transferring ideas and dreams from one circle to the next. His larger community is the subject of Semina Culture, which includes previously unseen works by 52 artists. Anchoring this publication is Semina, a loose-leaf art and poetry journal that Berman published in nine issues between 1955 and 1964. Although printed in extremely short runs and distributed to only a handful of friends and sympathizers, Semina is a brilliant and beautifully made compendium of the most interesting artists and poets of its time, and is today a very rare collector's item. Showcasing the individuals that defined a still-potent strand of postwar counterculture, Semina Culture outlines the energies and values of this fascinating circle. Also reproduced here are works by those who appear in Berman's own photographs, approximately 100 of which were recently developed from vintage negatives, and which are seen here for the first time. These artists, actors, poets, curators, musicians and filmmakers include Robert Alexander, John Altoon, Toni Basil, Wallace Berman, Ray Bremser, Bonnie Bremser, Charles Britten, Joan Brown, Cameron, Bruce Conner, Jean Conner, Jay DeFeo, Diane DiPrima, Kirby Doyle, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Duncan, Joe Dunn, Llyn Foulkes, Ralph Gibson, Allen Ginsberg, George Herms, Jack Hirschman, Walter Hopps, Dennis Hopper, Billy Jahrmarkt, Jess, Lawrence Jordan, Patricia Jordan, Bob Kaufman, Philip Lamantia, William Margolis, Michael McClure, David Meltzer, Taylor Mead, Henry Miller, Stuart Perkoff, Jack Smith, Dean Stockwell, Ben Talbert, Russ Tamblyn, Aya (Tarlow), Alexander Trocchi, Edmund Teske, Zack Walsh, Lew Welch and John Wieners"--Publisher's website.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This reprint of the now classic and much sought-after 2005 volume celebrates the circle of the quintessential visual artist of the Beat era, Wallace Berman (1926-76), who remains one of the best-kept secrets of the postwar era. A crucial figure in California's underground culture, Berman was a catalyst who traversed many different worlds, transferring ideas and dreams from one circle to the next. His larger community is the subject of Semina Culture , which includes previously unseen works by 52 artists. Anchoring this publication is Semina , a loose-leaf art and poetry journal that Berman published in nine issues between 1955 and 1964. Although printed in extremely short runs and distributed to only a handful of friends and sympathizers, Semina is a brilliant and beautifully made compendium of the most interesting artists and poets of its time, and is today a very rare collector's item. Showcasing the individuals that defined a still-potent strand of postwar counterculture, Semina Culture outlines the energies and values of this fascinating circle. Also reproduced here are works by those who appear in Berman's own photographs, approximately 100 of which were recently developed from vintage negatives, and which are seen here for the first time. These artists, actors, poets, curators, musicians and filmmakers include Robert Alexander, John Altoon, Toni Basil, Wallace Berman, Ray Bremser, Bonnie Bremser, Charles Britten, Joan Brown, Cameron, Bruce Conner, Jean Conner, Jay DeFeo, Diane DiPrima, Kirby Doyle, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Duncan, Joe Dunn, Llyn Foulkes, Ralph Gibson, Allen Ginsberg, George Herms, Jack Hirschman, Walter Hopps, Dennis Hopper, Billy Jahrmarkt, Jess, Lawrence Jordan, Patricia Jordan, Bob Kaufman, Philip Lamantia, William Margolis, Michael McClure, David Meltzer, Taylor Mead, Henry Miller, Stuart Perkoff, Jack Smith, Dean Stockwell, Ben Talbert, Russ Tamblyn, Aya (Tarlow), Alexander Trocchi, Edmund Teske, Zack Walsh, Lew Welch and John Wieners.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Museum of Art, Santa Monica, Calif., Sept. 17-Nov. 26, 2005 and 4 other museums.

Includes an essay by Stephen Fredman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Director's foreword / Elsa Longhauser -- Wallace Berman & his circle: introduction / Michael Duncan -- Semina as art / Michael Duncan -- Surrealism meets Kabbalah: Wallace Berman and the Semina poets / Stephen Fredman -- Semina contents / Michael Duncan -- Artist biographies / Michael Duncan, Kristine McKenna, Raymond Foye -- Wallace Berman and photography / Kristine McKenna -- Chronology / Kristine McKenna -- Letters / edited and with an introduction by Kristine McKenna.

Artists: Robert Alexander -- John Altoon -- Toni Basil -- Paul Beattie -- Wallace Berman -- Ray Bremser -- Bonnie Bremser -- Charles Britten -- Joan Brown -- Cameron -- Bruce Conner -- Jean Conner -- Jay DeFeo -- Diane DiPrima -- Kirby Doyle -- Bobby Driscoll -- Robert Duncan -- Joe Dunn -- Llyn Foulkes -- Loree Foxx -- Allen Ginsberg -- Billy Gray -- Jack Hirschman -- Walter Hopps -- Ralph Gibson -- George Herms -- Dennis Hopper -- Billy Jahrmarkt -- Jess -- Lawrence Jordan -- Patricia Jordan -- Bob Kaufman -- William Margolis -- Henry Miller -- Stuart Perkoff -- David Meltzer -- Philip Lamantia -- Michael McClure -- Taylor Mead -- DiDi Morrill -- John Reed -- Arthur Richer -- Rachel Rosenthal -- Dean Stockwell -- Ben Talbert -- Russel Tamblyn -- Aya (Tarlow) -- Alexander Trocchi -- Jack Smith -- Edmund Teske -- Zack Walsh -- Lew Welch -- John Wieners.

"This reprint of the now classic and much sought-after 2005 volume celebrates the circle of the quintessential visual artist of the Beat era, Wallace Berman (1926-76), who remains one of the best-kept secrets of the postwar era. A crucial figure in California's underground culture, Berman was a catalyst who traversed many different worlds, transferring ideas and dreams from one circle to the next. His larger community is the subject of Semina Culture, which includes previously unseen works by 52 artists. Anchoring this publication is Semina, a loose-leaf art and poetry journal that Berman published in nine issues between 1955 and 1964. Although printed in extremely short runs and distributed to only a handful of friends and sympathizers, Semina is a brilliant and beautifully made compendium of the most interesting artists and poets of its time, and is today a very rare collector's item. Showcasing the individuals that defined a still-potent strand of postwar counterculture, Semina Culture outlines the energies and values of this fascinating circle. Also reproduced here are works by those who appear in Berman's own photographs, approximately 100 of which were recently developed from vintage negatives, and which are seen here for the first time. These artists, actors, poets, curators, musicians and filmmakers include Robert Alexander, John Altoon, Toni Basil, Wallace Berman, Ray Bremser, Bonnie Bremser, Charles Britten, Joan Brown, Cameron, Bruce Conner, Jean Conner, Jay DeFeo, Diane DiPrima, Kirby Doyle, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Duncan, Joe Dunn, Llyn Foulkes, Ralph Gibson, Allen Ginsberg, George Herms, Jack Hirschman, Walter Hopps, Dennis Hopper, Billy Jahrmarkt, Jess, Lawrence Jordan, Patricia Jordan, Bob Kaufman, Philip Lamantia, William Margolis, Michael McClure, David Meltzer, Taylor Mead, Henry Miller, Stuart Perkoff, Jack Smith, Dean Stockwell, Ben Talbert, Russ Tamblyn, Aya (Tarlow), Alexander Trocchi, Edmund Teske, Zack Walsh, Lew Welch and John Wieners"--Publisher's website.

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