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"Swirly," The Doors, Miller Blues Band, Haji Baba, April 14-15, Avalon Ballroom, 1967
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Gift of Paul Maurer and Scott Westexpand_more 2019.59.57
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As a poster artist, Victor Moscoso rejected the conventions of his commercial art background where designs were uncomplicated and uniformly legible. Instead, Moscoso recalled his academic training under artist Josef Albers at the Cooper Union’s School of Art in New York City. There, Moscoso learned the basics of design and color theory, specifically that placing bright, contrasting colors (in this case, blue and green on magenta and pink) next to each other would create an illusion of pulsating motion along the edges. Together with Moscoso’s fluorescent color palette and nearly illegible lettering, this vibrating optical effect is a stylistic signature he considered the visual equivalent to the auditory overstimulation of a dance concert.
Details
- Title
- "Swirly," The Doors, Miller Blues Band, Haji Baba, April 14-15, Avalon Ballroom
- Artist Life
- American (born Spain), born 1936
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2019.59.57
- Provenance
- Paul Maurer, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2019.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Family Dog 57
- Curator Approved
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