Isaac Abrams

About

Isaac Abrams, a pioneering figure in psychedelic art, was born and raised in New York City in 1939. Self-taught with an academic background in literature, history, science, and psychology, he immersed himself in New York's beat scene in the early 1960s alongside figures like William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg. A profound LSD experience in 1965 inspired him to found the Coda Gallery, the world's first dedicated to psychedelic art, with assistance from Timothy Leary. The gallery showcased innovative works, attracting luminaries such as Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg, and featured paintings, light works, experimental films, and poetry readings.[1][2][6]

Psychedelic visionary art blending cosmological, microscopic, and dreamlike imagery to depict the unity of the universe and interconnectedness of nature.