Take a Trip Back to the 60s With a Stunning Display of Psychedelia in Henley
Some 55 years after the release of Jimi Hendrix’s debut album Are You Experienced, Hypergallery, of 47 Market Place, will feature a retrospective exhibition of Karl’s work between October 1-31.
It will feature some of his most interesting album and singles covers and a host of other incredible images from his archive, published in large scale format as signed, limited edition prints.
The exhibition opens on Saturday 1st October at midday. Visitors will get a live music treat from Tom Webber, who will be bringing his guitar along to the print room to open the exhibition with a special performance.
On Tuesday, October 4th, visitors will be able to meet the man behind the lens, along with the very Nikon F camera used to capture Hendrix and others. Ferris will be at the gallery between 2pm-6pm.
We are thrilled to be able to bring you this collection of incredible, iconic and important images.
“Karl is looking forward to meeting fans on October 4th and will be on-hand to share his incredible stories and historical encounters. If you want to hear first-hand memories of hosting Joni Mitchell in Ibiza, or creating the famous feather boa look for Hendrix, this is your chance.”
Ferris’ work was recently shown at the exhibition Beautiful People: The Boutique in 1960s Counterculture at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London.
“I think psychedelia is really coming back into vogue. The resurgence of interest in the counter-culture that began in the 1960s, the benefits for our way of thinking, all these things that I was part of, has new relevance now.
“Jimi loved my work and we really got on famously – we had both lived in Vancouver and swapped stories about living there.
“I told him if I was to do the cover for him then I would really need to absorb his music for inspiration. So he brought me along to the Olympic Studios where he was recording Axis Bold As Love and I was blown away.
“The whole lifestyle seemed to change in the summer of 1966. People were experimenting with mind expanding drugs, and I was starting to respond to all of this.”
Karl Ferris is best known as the principal innovator of psychedelic photography, beloved of the British Rock elite of the 1960s - Eric Clapton, Cream, Donovan, The Hollies and Jimi Hendrix. Ferris was much sought after as a style consultant and personal photographer, helping to create the public images we are now so familiar with.
