Summer 2007 revisits the unprecedented explosion of contemporary art and popular culture brought about by the civil unrest and pervasive social change of the 1960s and early ’70s, when a new psychedelic aesthetic emerged in art, music, film, architecture, graphic design, and fashion. The exhibition includes paintings, photographs and sculptures by Isaac Abrams, Richard Avedon, Lynda Benglis, Richard Hamilton, Elliott Landy, Jimi Hendrix (his only known watercolor), Robert Indiana, Yayoi Kusama, Richard Lindner, and John McCracken, among others, as well as a rich selection of important posters, album covers and underground magazines. A special emphasis is placed on environments as well as on film, video and multimedia installations, including works by Jordan Belson, USCO, Stan VanDerBeek, James Whitney, and Lamonte Young and Marian Zazeela. The exhibition includes films of performances and light shows, and spotlights places such as the UFO nightclub in London and the Human Be-In in San Francisco, featuring Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary. Organized by Tate Liverpool and originally presented there, the show has toured to the Kunsthalle Schirn Frankfurt and the Kunsthalle Wien.
 
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The Sunday following Pentecost is dedicated to All Saints, both those who are known to us, and those who are known only to God. There have been saints at all times, and they have come from every corner of the earth. They were Apostles, Martyrs, Prophets, Hierarchs, Monastics, and Righteous, yet all were perfected by the same Holy Spirit. The Descent of the Holy Spirit makes it possible for us to rise above our fallen state and to attain sainthood, thereby fulfilling God’s directive to “be holy, for I am holy” (Lev. 11:44, 1 Peter 1:16, etc.). Therefore, it is fitting to commemorate All Saints on the first Sunday after Pentecost. This feast may have originated at an early date, perhaps as a celebration of all martyrs, then it was broadened to include all men and women who had borne witness to Christ by their virtuous lives, even if they did not shed their blood for Him.
 
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George Harrison’s guitar playing on Leon Russell’s first album led to his participation in the first rock and roll benefit concerts, the “Concert for Bangladesh.” Leon played piano, guitar, and bass guitar. His duet with George Harrison on “Beware of Darkness,” and his performance of “Youngblood” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” are legendary. These performances were subsequently included in the film and platinum album “Concert for Bangladesh.” The album won the 1972 ‘Album of the Year’ Grammy Award. The all star lineup included: George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Klaus Voorman, Badfinger, and Ravi Shankar, along with Leon’s band members Don Preston, Carl Radle, and Claudia Linnear with friends Jim Horn, Jim Keltner, and Jesse Ed Davis.
 
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