The Art of Rick Griffin

by Rick Griffin

Rick Griffin was one of the most influential artists to emerge from the late 60s San Francisco art scene, second only perhaps to R. Crumb. His poster art and comix are descended from dada and surrealism, but take unique life in their representation of surf culture, psychedelic realities and religious experience. This book covers the span of Griffin's career and is an excellent retrospective of the work of this magnificent artist. Griffin illustrated top flight album covers for classic rock acts including the Grateful Dead.

Genres: Art, Comics

100 pages, Paperback

First published December 10, 2001

Reviews

[Bill Wallace]

The king of lysergic poster art defined the visual style of California 1960s hip. This is a great, if slender collection of Griffin's posters, art, and comix and is a pretty good introduction to his work though I'd love to see Taschen or someone comparable publish a definitive volume.

[Wes Wong]

Rick Griffin is one of my favorite illustrators/designers from the 70's era poster art. Awesome lettering, Awesome characters.