The Beat Museum welcomes Wavy Gravy and his "Art & Antics" October 12, 2007

The Foundation for Creative Expression Presents:
A Beat Museum Event
Wavy Gravy’s “Art & Antics”
540 Broadway; San Francisco, CA 94133
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Museum direct: (415) 399-9626
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For Immediate Release:

Opening Reception

Wavy Gravy Personal appearance

“Art & Antics”

1960s luminary Wavy Gravy joins the Beat Museum for a night filled with wacky storytelling, original artwork, and loads of laughs. The Foundation for Creative Expression is proud to present this influential figure in conjunction with the Beat Museum for a night of mayhem in celebration of his exhibition.

Before Wavy became Wavy, a San Francisco favorite and the Grateful Dead’s official “clown,” he was known as Hugh Romney, a Beat poet. He found inspiration from Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, later becoming a guiding force in the free spirit, free love way of life in the 60s, and providing a strong link with the Beat and hippie cultures.

Friday, October 12 marks the debut of a solo exhibition of Wavy’s at the Beat Museum. This event will showcase over two dozen works produced since 1992, ranging from large wall pieces to small, intimate ones. Fine art meets pop culture in these eclectic collages and mixed media works: scenes from a tropical paradise transposed with a smiling primate and a reference to the Beatles are in “Here Comes The Sun,” while another finds Elvis in a halo, surrounded by well-known personalities of his decade worshipping him. Wavy’s personal touch in his carefully designed collages illustrates the combination between his wit and his artistic charm.

The reception begins at 7 PM in honor of Wavy’s exhibition, and takes the viewer into a very personal and never-before seen part of this icon’s life.

The FCCE & the Beat Museum present:
Wavy Gravy’s “Art & Antics”

Opening reception
Friday, October 12 – 7PM
Exhibition through December 2007


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