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Exploring Jess: Beat Generation Visionary 1
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Fine Arts Exhibition
One time only

Exploring Jess: Beat Generation Visionary

Apr 22 – Dec 6

At Boca Raton Museum of Art

Boca Raton

Explore the four distinct thematic sections
Look for the repurposed thrifted materials in collages
Note the collaborations between visual art and poetry

After abandoning a career in radiochemistry, Burgess Franklin Collins, known as Jess, turned to art as a refuge from mid-century conformity. This exhibition explores his radical creative practice within the San Francisco Beatnik movement.

What are you into?

  • Beat generation art
  • Mid-century counterculture
  • Collage and painting
  • Literary history
  • Boca Raton Museum of Art
  • Boca Raton

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