Session 10 : revolution in the head

Bonnie MacLean was born in Philadelphia in the year 1939. She began her work at the Fillmore Auditorium, where due to her amazing work, she got promoted to art director. Her style of work is psychedelic and incorporates gothic elements, before this she was heavily influenced by Wes Wilson who was the main poster artist for the Filmore Auditorium due to his provacative posters inspired by Art Nouveau.

Bonnie MacLean

Wes Wilson

The influence is very clearly seen through the very similar use of bold, distorted text used to creatively fill the space and gaps in their illustrations. There are also similarities in the use of bold, blocky colours that help to create that provocative style.