Exhibition Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Howl Reading at the 6 Gallery
The John Natsoulas Gallery is thrilled to be hosting this show dedicated to one of the most dynamic locales of the Beat Era, the 6 Gallery. Run as an artist cooperative, the 6 Gallery served as a centralized meeting space for artists, poets, and writers.
(firmenpresse) - Founded in 1954 at 3119 Fillmore Street, the 6 Gallery’s small venue served as a focal point for exhibitions, poetry readings, and theatrical events. The six titular founders, Wally Hedrick, Deborah Remington, Hayward King, David Simpson, Jack Spicer, and John Allen Ryan, were committed to the ideas of removing barriers for others to exhibit. Their cooperative structure empowered young artists, including a 17-year-old Joan Brown, to show their work to the public. Other, more established artists like Hassel Smith and James Weeks were equally as eager to exhibit, and the involvement of these and other professors who taught the founders at the California School of Fine Arts (later the San Francisco Art Institute) propelled the 6 Gallery into the limelight. The close ties between artists and poets only strengthened at the 6 Gallery, where Spicer and Ryan brought their cohort of fellow writers to read their works. The most famous of all those poetry events, Allen Ginsberg’s reading of Howl, took place on October 7, 1955.
This exhibition honors the legacy of that day that marks one of the most important moments in Beat history and the place where it took place. The artists, poets, and writers who shaped the 6 Gallery would all go on to illustrious careers, but their experiences at the 6 Gallery remain as some of the most powerful reminders of the special, interdisciplinary connections of the Beat Generation.
Please come visit the John Natsoulas Gallery for this singular exhibition in honor of the 70th anniversary of Ginsberg’s reading. Featuring the works of over 20 of the most prominent artists who showed at the 6 Gallery, this will be an unparalleled look into the styles and subjects that gripped the Beat Generation. A new publication will accompany this exhibition, and the Davis Jazz Beat Festival on October 11 will honor the legacy of the many poets and musicians.
The sculptures, paintings, and prints featured in this exhibition were made by both the young and the well established artists. The central image of the exhibition - Woman Bath - was a collaborative work between Manuel Neri who constructed the work using Bruce McGaw's t-shirt. That painting was included in their two-person exhibition in 1956 - the first time that both Neri and McGaw exhibited publicly.
Featured Artists:
Joan Brown, Bruce Connor, Edward Corbett, Jay DeFeo, Roy De Forest, Madeleine Dimond, Peter Forakis, Sonia Gechtoff, Wally Hedrick, Miriam Hoffman, Jack Jefferson, Jess, Hayward King, Fred Martin, Bruce McGaw, Manuel Neri, Deborah Remington, John Allen Ryan, David Simpson, Hassel Smith, Leo Valledor, James Weeks
For more information about the exhibition and the John Natsoulas Gallery's history with the Beat Movement, please visit: https://natsoulas.com/
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Datum: 11.09.2025 - 05:30 Uhr
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