Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium
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A richly illustrated exploration of the history, art, and design of printed LSD blotter tabs. Blotter is the first comprehensive written account of the history, art, and design of LSD blotter paper, the iconic drug delivery device that will perhaps forever be linked to underground psychedelic culture and contemporary street art. Created in collaboration with Mark McCloud’s Institute of Illegal Images, the world’s largest archive of blotter art, Davis’s boldly illustrated exhibition treats his outsider subject with the serious, art-historical respect it deserves, while also staying true to the sense of play, irreverence, and adventure inherent in psychedelic exploration. Davis weaves together two main stories: first, the largely unknown history of blotter paper’s development in the 1960s and its later flowering in the 1970s and 1980s; and second, the story of how San Francisco artist, professor, and “freak” McCloud began collecting blotter and ultimately became embroiled with the LSD trade. The book closes with a unique discussion of the market for “vanity blotter”—more recent perforated papers produced as collectible art objects never meant to be dipped in LSD. While vanity blotters are intimately related to the underground blotters of the LSD trade, they effectively open up their own visual world. As the ultimate document of this ephemeral artform, Blotter represents an exceptional contribution to the scholarship of art and psychedelics that will entertain older readers with lysergic nostalgia and younger readers with its image-driven journey through a colorful and scandalous corner of psychedelic lore.
| Dimensions | 8.07 x 0.51 x 10 inches |
| Isbn 10 | 0262048507 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0262048507 |
| Item Weight | 1.59 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 256 pages |
| Publication Date | April 30, 2024 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press |
User
This book is a great addition to any coffee table.
This book is a lot of fun if you've ever wanted to learn more about the world of blotter acid. I mostly bought it for the pictures but also love the many unique stories.
User
Nice
Friend loved it for xmas.
User
Must have blotter art history
A must have for any serious blotter collector! Great book. Fast shipping. Would buy again! A classic.
User
Awesome find!
I’m somewhat of a collector of psychedelic books and a big fan of LSD. Aside from all of the cool visuals in this, it’s filled with awesome history around the subject. A great book for anyone interested LSD.
User
pretty good book with great pictures but...
it doesn't even mention some of the most important people in blotter art design or printing history. decent book but how do you not mention the most prolific blotter producer of the past 20 years?
User
Beautiful.
If you appreciate blotter art this is the book you've been waiting for. Great images of rare and obscure blotter, a great overview of the history of blotter, and wonderful personal stories by people important to that history.
User
Wonderful
Very informative and beautiful to look at. A great historical look into the medium that contains stories and processes I have not been able to find information about anywhere else. I’m so glad this book exists!
User
The Best Blotters Held the Best LSD Regardless of Design
The art on blotters is interesting and sometimes beautiful, but the best LSD I ever had was just a blue blot on plain white paper. Too frequently blotters with elaborate designs were the media for weak or inferior acid, though one exception was a batch with a Tibetan mandala design on a green background.
User
Arrived damaged
Great book but arrived damaged
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well made book
Great collection of blotters. I like to download pictures of blotters online and have huge collection, but this book had a few prints I had never seen before. Focus is on on 70s-90s legit doses, less of the modern day vanity prints that never circulated. I have a few sheets in frames, they make nice wall art, now I have coffee table book to go along with them. Great book if you are into the subject matter
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To fathom hell or soar angelic just take a pinch of psychedelic
Pages you'll want to lick! This was such a fun book too parse through, and later start reading. This book will solve your curiosities better than a 10 strip. Highly recommended for psychonauts!
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