Long-Hidden Grateful Dead Photographs Unveiled in New York Exhibition
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Min Chen Culture Editor
Summary
A traveling exhibition curated by Ricki Blakesberg and her father, veteran photographer Jay Blakesberg, brings long-hidden Grateful Dead photographs to public view at David Kordansky in New York. The show captures the band in its heyday and the vibrant subculture of Deadheads that surrounded it, exploring how the Grateful Dead transcended music to become a community and lifestyle defined by psychedelic visual language and tie-dye culture.
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The Grateful Dead is surely more than a band.
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