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TAKING LIBERTIES
Saturday 17th October 2009

the retrospective of the photographic work of

John 'Hoppy' Hopkins
exhibition 12th September - 7th November 2009

at the
Street Level Photoworks
Trongate 103
Glasgow G1 5HD

T: 0141 552 2151 F: 0141 552 2323
Tuesday – Saturday 10am- 5pm
Sunday 12 - 5pm

The Panel Discussion:"Three legends of the 1960s come together to discuss the time and their place in it. Writer Jim Haynes launched Britain’s first paperback bookshop in Edinburgh in 1959, co-founded the Traverse Theatre, before moving to London to establish the Arts Lab which exploded on London and became overnight the heart of the city’s underground movement.
Barry Miles is an author and luminary of the 60s who will talk about his life and work which includes establishing Indica Bookshop (‘the command centre for the London underground scene), International Times, various projects with John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins, his association with Paul McCartney, plus a multitude of other endeavors and encounters. His book ‘In the Sixties’ is a fascinating and revealing memoir of 1960s counterculture, told from the inside.
Freedom was a keynote of the Sixties, and liberation for women became an important issue. Jenny Fabian shall examine the background to the kind of sensibility that evolved through the rock’n’roll counter-culture of the 60s as represented in her book ‘Groupie’, by Katie - the protagonist and her own involvement in the whole scene."

(text from the Street Level Photoworks Website)

An exhibition of Photographs and Psychedelic Art from the 60’s counterculture

'Taking Liberties' is a retrospective of the photographic work of John 'Hoppy' Hopkins from the period 1960 to 1966. The work captures the ethos and aspirations of the counterculture which were expressed through pop, protest and art. Included are iconic images of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithful, jazz greats Roland Kirk, Thelonious Monk and others. A unique series of images capture the historic poetry convention at the Albert Halls in 1965, another of CND marches and anti-racist demonstrations illustrating the power of popular protest. Alongside these are images of Bikers at the legendary Ace Cafe in London, and a glimpse of the seediness of everyday life in Notting Hill.

The exhibition also includes some rare graphic and photographic memorabilia that relate to the times. Running alongside the exhibition in Street Level is an exhibition of covers of the International Times in the windows of Skratch design studio, at 53 King Street, by Trongate 103.