The sixties (black & white)

The sixties (black & white)

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This is a concept drawing first formed in 1973 and turned into an oil painting in 2016. It has been created on linen with an aluminum stretcher and housed in a black baking list. The size of the painting is 140 x 100 cm and has been finished with a matt varnish…

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Description

This is a concept drawing first formed in 1973 and turned into an oil painting in 2016. It has been created on linen with an aluminum stretcher and housed in a black baking list. The size of the painting is 140 x 100 cm and has been finished with a matt varnish.

The hippie culture among young people started in the second half of the 1960s and lasted until the early 1970s. As a youth culture and counterculture, this subculture was popular among teens and those twenties, and these ‘hippies’ were seen as the founders of the flower power movement and were therefore associated with the sexual, musical, and social revolutions of the time.

The Woodstock Festival in 1969 was a pinnacle of the hippie era. Hippies resisted lovelessness, war, discrimination, and violence, and this was a time of many anti-atomic war demonstrations. The ‘Vietnam’ debacle also led to a countermovement and protests on an unprecedented scale, especially among young people.

A clear peace movement grew and continued to gain a huge number of supporters. “Make love, not war” was the slogan of the flower power, giving birth to a counterculture immersed in the ideals of nonviolence, struggle for civil rights, feminism, and freer sexual morals converged. The contraceptive pill had been on the market as early as 1960, and the image of free love arose as part of the sexual revolution, in which sexuality was seen as fine and good, disconnected from human reproduction and no longer as part of a social framework of monogamy.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a milestone in US legislation that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women. This law put an end to unequal voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, work, and public services. The centuries-old image of black people as a sexually uninhibited species had come to an end. Or should this have been the image of white and black people together.

Gerrit Swaan

Size

Fine Paper Art Print (B0 – 1000 x 1414 mm)
Fine Paper Art Print (A0 – 841 x 1189 mm)
Fine Paper Art Print (A1 – 594 x 841 mm)
Fine Paper Art Print (A2 – 420 x 594 mm)
Fine Paper Art Print (A3 – 297 x 420 mm)
Acrylic Glass Art Print (B0 – 1000 x 1414 mm)
Acrylic Glass Art Print (A0 – 841 x 1189 mm)
Acrylic Glass Art Print (A1 – 594 x 841 mm)
Acrylic Glass Art Print (A2 – 420 x 594 mm)
Acrylic Glass Art Print (A3 – 297 x 420 mm)

Color

Black & White

Fine paper Art Print

For our fine art print works we use special Hahnemuhle paper. The Hahnemuhle company has been around for more than 500 years and specializes in making fine-art papers. By transferring knowledge and the secret recipes for making different recipes from paper cellulose in combination with pure spring water, the Hahnemühle paper mill has been built, has ensured a unique product on the paper market. The shape of spring water provides an incomparable look and feel, which you cannot find with other fine-art papers.

Specification (Pearl Hahnemuhle paper)

FineArt Pearl, Glossy FineArt 285 gsm. A bright white, 100% cellulose paper, guarantees archival standards. With its premium pearlescent inkjet coating, FineArt Pearl meets the highest industry standards with regard to density, color gamut, color gradation and image sharpness, while retaining the special touch and feel of real art paper. Compatible with pigmented and dye inkjet systems.

 

Acrylic Glass Art Print

Dibond Acrylate is a decent name for the more famous Plexiglas. But what is it actually? With your photo behind plexiglass you get a specific gloss effect, combined with a surprising depth effect. Acrylic is a clear plastic sheet with a higher light transmission than glass. Acrylic is used in combination with a dibond carrier. It is available in matte or gloss and gives the photo optimal protection.

Specification

The photo panel is provided with a luxurious aluminum profile on the back and can be hung on the wall with a screw thumb (hooks). The rear profile provides stability and prevents panel warping. Because the profile is 2 centimeters thick, a floating effect of your artwork on the wall is created. We attach the profile around the back with which you can hang the panel on the wall.

PhotoLab

We provide you with a high-quality product and we work together with PhotoLab. After a highly personal visit to PhotoLab, Amsterdam the Netherlands, we knew for sure; this company works with all its passion to make a top product. And perhaps even more important; hold the Quality! Love for photography has been in the family at PhotoLab for years. What started as a regular photo shop is a family business. The team consists of expert people who advised us about the choice of paper types, such as the fine art paper from Hahnemuhle which we use and the materials to stick prints on, such as dibond and aluminum.

Fine Paper Art Prints (Hahnemuhle paper)

For our fine art print works we use special Hahnemuhle paper. The Hahnemuhle company has been around for more than 500 years and specializes in making fine-art papers. By transferring knowledge and the secret recipes for making different recipes from paper cellulose in combination with pure spring water, the Hahnemühle paper mill has been built, has ensured a unique product on the paper market. The shape of spring water provides an incomparable look and feel, which you cannot find with other fine-art papers.

Quality and passion

We and our partner PhotoLab attach great importance to quality. And one of our pillars within quality is nature and the environment. This includes a socially responsible policy, which we conduct with passion. Love for the profession and passion for sustainability therefore go hand in hand with us. That is why we work as sustainably as possible and implement this in everything. From the papers we work with  to the shipping materials we use, sustainability is paramount. Clean water and natural fibers have been the basis for Hahnemühle’s success for more than 430 years. GoSwaan and PhotoLab are equally committed to the environment, which is why we rely on Hahnemühle’s quality products.

vegan

Hahnemühle papers contain no animal or genetically modified ingredients. Our PhotoLab “certificate of conformity” confirms this. All papers are vegan.

Green Grid

The Hahnemühle company has been making paper for 435 years and attaches great importance to tradition and responsibility. They innovate and invest in new, energy-saving techniques and have supported international environmental protection projects with the Green Rooster initiative since 2008. These include programs for reforestation, animal welfare and environmental education.