Comments on: Harry Smith revisited http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2007/05/02/harry-smith-revisited/ • • • Being a journal by artist and designer John Coulthart, cataloguing interests, obsessions and passing enthusiasms. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:00:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2007/05/02/harry-smith-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-14965 John Wed, 02 May 2007 13:09:16 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=1833#comment-14965 Austin Spare is too weird for any wider popularity, I reckon, you'd have to explain all the magic stuff in detail and most people have a problem accepting even small amounts of that. Harry Smith was deeply into the Crowley/Thelema thing but that's tempered by the fact that most of his art is "decorative" (although it often has occult underpinings), he's associated with Allen Ginsberg, folk/blues music, etc. Austin Spare is too weird for any wider popularity, I reckon, you’d have to explain all the magic stuff in detail and most people have a problem accepting even small amounts of that. Harry Smith was deeply into the Crowley/Thelema thing but that’s tempered by the fact that most of his art is “decorative” (although it often has occult underpinings), he’s associated with Allen Ginsberg, folk/blues music, etc.

]]> By: Rik Rawling http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2007/05/02/harry-smith-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-14935 Rik Rawling Wed, 02 May 2007 07:03:17 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=1833#comment-14935 John There must be something in the air, as local 'freak music' club 'Night Tripper' has a poster promoting their evening of psych-rock, kratrock, dub, ambient etc. Grinning madly but cunningly out from behind the text is the face of Harry Smith. Makes you wonder who will next be appropriated by the 'counter culture'as a promotional icon? Maya Deren? Austin Spare? John

There must be something in the air, as local ‘freak music’ club ‘Night Tripper’ has a poster promoting their evening of psych-rock, kratrock, dub, ambient etc. Grinning madly but cunningly out from behind the text is the face of Harry Smith.
Makes you wonder who will next be appropriated by the ‘counter culture’as a promotional icon? Maya Deren?
Austin Spare?

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