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Hippies in Central Park with Oversized Psychedelic Moon

Creator: Mitchell Funk
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Two flower children converse among a gathering of hippies in Central Park. They are adorned with yellow flowers in their hair, which symbolize freedom and ideals of universal belonging.
Above them is an oversized psychedelic green moon, whose shape echoed in a green balloon in the foreground.
Photographer Mitchell Funk alters the moon's color and size to express the moment's liberating social character. The hippie movement advocated love, beauty, and peace but was also an agent of change that rejected the old regime which was caught up in the brutality of the Vietnam War.
The conception of the picture is quite original and inventive by a 21 year old photographer of considerable intellect and insight.
The work is signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, with other sizes available, and it's unframed and printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian Other sizes are available.
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Archival Pigment Print
Condition:	Good. Excellent
Creation Date:	1971
Styles / Movements:	Surrealism
Incollect Reference #:	753003

Dimensions

W.	29 in;	H.	43 in;
W.	73.66 cm;	H.	109.22 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.