In a new exhibition, Hunter S. Thompson’s wingman showcases more than 60 years of hallucinatory art.
The task of creating the film’s poster fell to British artist Ralph Steadman , whose jagged, hallucinatory illustrations had been integral to both Rolling Stone’s aesthetic and the Fear and Loathing books. In the years since, the Thompson-Steadman partnership had become the stuff of legend, like a fire-breathing Butch and Sundance storming through the latter half of the American century, shattering every establishment rule with fearless, hilarious gall.
Because Steadman’s splattershot art is so visually outrageous, and his skewering of authority figures so merciless , his raw, formidable artistry has sometimes gone underappreciated. Nothing gets in the way of Steadman’s craft, and his wellspring of creativity seems as bottomless as the inkwell that supplies his spidery black lines and splotches, all illuminated by vivid, visceral splashes of color. Today, at 88, Steadman is still living the role that brought him fame half a century ago.
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