white and yellow arcing grid on orange with yellow sun orb at top center; silhouette of a figure attached of purple and green wings on top of sun orb; blue and yellow curving elements at bottom with orange text; pink typewritten text at bottom

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"Sky Web," The Charlatans, Buddy Guy, September 22-24, Avalon Ballroom, 1967

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Robert Fried’s “Sky Web” concert poster repurposes a widely published image of an experimental hang glider flown by German aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896), whose bird-like glider designs of the 1890s were important precursors to mechanical flight. In this surreal, dream-like landscape, the daredevil aviator crosses a brilliant yellow sun set high in an orange sky. He is enveloped by a radiating web of curved lines that stretch outward to convey a sense of infinite dimensional space and the plasticity of time, qualities that Fried experienced while using the hallucinogenic drug LSD. Nearly indecipherable orange text is emblazoned across the rolling blue-green hills bearing the names of the performers, the concert dates, and the venue details.

Details
Title
"Sky Web," The Charlatans, Buddy Guy, September 22-24, Avalon Ballroom
Artist Life
1937 - 1975
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2019.59.84
Provenance
Paul Maurer, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2019.
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white and yellow arcing grid on orange with yellow sun orb at top center; silhouette of a figure attached of purple and green wings on top of sun orb; blue and yellow curving elements at bottom with orange text; pink typewritten text at bottom

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