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April 24, 2012

Psychedelic Art – Trip the Light Fantastic With LSD-Inspired Art in the 1960s

On April 19, 1943, a Swiss chemist named Albert Hofmann dosed himself with 250 micrograms of a new, virtually unknown, clinically-synthesized compound, lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD — becoming, in the process, the first human being to intentionally trip on acid. (A few days earlier, Hofmann had experienced the very edge of LSD’s power when he ingested a miniscule amount through his fingertips while handling the drug.)

Here, Dr. Hofmann’s wild ride with a gallery of artworks created in the 1960s by a group calling itself USCO (an abbreviation for “the Us Company, ” or “the Company of Us”) — a collective of artists, film makers, engineers, poets and other creative folks who staged interactive, acid-inspired art shows in lofts, galleries and museums around the country.

















(Photos: Yale Joel—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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