San Francisco's Wild History Groove
(work-in-progress)
Swinging in the Shadows (Part Two)
Mavericks of the City by the Bay produced innovative art and spirited poetry---unique to the West Coast
In Northern California, new art and poetry was seen and heard in the coffee houses and bars in San Francisco’s North Beach. Occasionally, these avant-garde individuals opened cooperative galleries and staged their own events. Living and working in warehouses, storefronts or in old Victorians throughout the city, these spaces became another setting to show work, share ideas, socialize and produce art.
Jay DeFeo, Wally Hedrick and Joan Brown at the 6 Gallery
We started it (the 6 Gallery) because no place in the city would show our work. Now, it’s all gotten kind of myth-like. But it was a time, in my personal life and in my work, when I felt like I was in-control and out-of control simultaneously and it was a lot of fun--a hell of a lot of fun. Wally Hedrick