1969-1971 Poster Exhibition Finishes the Evolution of the Psychedelic Rock Poster
OYSTER BAY, N.Y. (April 2, 2026) – The Bahr Gallery, an art gallery dedicated to vintage, first-edition, psychedelic rock poster art, announced that a new Exhibition, “Revolution Evolution III” will be opening at the gallery on April 11, 2026 and running through August 15.
There will be an opening wine and cheese reception on Saturday, April 11 from 6:00-8:00.
The Exhibition concludes the three-part trip through the development of the psychedelic rock poster in San Francisco. Revolution Evolution I focused on the psychedelic rock poster design style as it first emerged from early 1966 to the middle of 1967 and the follow-up Exhibition featured the developing style in mid-1967-through 1968. Now the tour concludes by taking us out of the wildest years of the psychedelic poster into a gentler and much more legible time.
By 1969 promoter Bill Graham had moved on from the crazy surrealism of artists like Lee Conklin and began employing David Singer and Randy Tuten to design concert posters advertising these events. As the thirst for rock and roll music increased, audiences were growing larger and posters needed to be more legible to sell those tickets. Indeed the original psychedelic dance halls were on their last legs, as bands began playing stadiums and arenas.
Featured works in the Exhibition include walls of posters by David Singer and Randy Tuten and rare pieces like a 1971 and a 1972 Elton John poster, a wild dayglo Janis Joplin poster from 1970 and a 1970 huge silkscreen poster for the Grateful Dead playing for a Hells Angels party at the Anderson Theatre in NYC. Other works of note include the first concert poster ever for Crosby Stills Nash and Young (1969), and posters featuring the Doors, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.