#martin sharp

[thewalrusandmeman]

Martin Sharp's Blowing in the Mind

Now the rainman gave me two cures

Then he said, "Jump right in"

The one was Texas medicine

The other was just railroad gin

And like a fool I mixed them

And it strangled up my mind

And now people just get uglier

And I have no sense of time

[lisamarie-vee]

[my-nichi]

“Bob Dylan (Blowing in the Mind)”, 1967 by Martin Sharp

[stealfocus]

ARTIST: Martin Sharp

[mightyflamethrower]

Martin Sharp (1972)

[tomoleary]

Jimi Hendrix Explosion by Martin Sharp (1968)

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[anotherdayinbliss]

Cover of Oz magazine by Martin Sharp. Issue published on May 3, 1967.

In April 1966, Barry Miles and John Hopkins, launched International Times preceding the launch of Oz Magazine in 1967, a year that became known as “the Summer of Love”. These pioneering newspapers paved the way for a whole host of underground papers and a movement that would go on to form the backbone of British counterculture. [...] Both International Times and Oz Magazine ran against the Fleet Street mainstream media which was, at the time, heavily conservative. Obscenity laws were much stricter at the time meaning the underground papers became the main source for the transmission of ideas. While International Times heavily influenced the editorial stance of newspapers, it was Oz Magazine that brought psychedelic art to the forefront, employing artists and designers who used vibrant colours to create posters, clothes and art installations.  via

[lisamarie-vee]

[70sscifiart]

Martin Sharp, “Exploding Hendrix,” 1968

[ms-understand]

[thatsbelievable]

what do laughing little fishes swimming through your fingers have to do with tales of great Ulysses?

Ask Martin Sharp!

[anotherdayinbliss]

Jimi Hendrix Explosion Poster by Martin Sharp, 1968

[iindex]

Martin Sharp

[lisamarie-vee]

[creamofthecrap]

July 16, 1967: Eric Clapton attends the Legalize Cannabis Rally at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, together with his girlfriend Charlotte Martin (second photo). In the first photo he's surrounded by The Fool design collective, who designed clothes for Cream as well as customise their instruments for the ultimate psychedelic look. The poster was designed by Martin Sharp, who is responsible for the iconic Disraeli Gears cover art and also wrote lyrics for 'Tales of Brave Ulysses' and 'Anyone For Tennis?'

[floatupstream]

calendar pages by Martin Sharp and Bob Whitaker  scanned from The Unseen Beatles

Towards the end of 1966 Bob Whitaker found an ideal studio/apartment at the legendary Pheasantry Studios complex on London's King's Road. He was joined there by an old friend, artist Martin Sharp, recently arrived from Australia. With time on their hands they worked on several joint projects. They recycled some of Bob's Beatle photographs as poster ideas and humorous cartoons, though none were published. Their most ambitious and compelling scheme was for a Beatles calendar. This, too, never saw the light of day. Indeed it was never completed, though only, recalls Bob, “...because we gave up after spilling a bottle of Indian ink over one of the pictures."