Thursday, December 6, 2018

TOSH ~









TOSH is a memoir of growing up as the son of an enigmatic, much-admired, hermetic, and ruthlessly bohemian artist during the waning years of the Beat Generation and the heyday of hippie counterculture. 
A critical figure in the history of postwar American culture, Tosh Berman's father, Wallace Berman, was known as the "father of assemblage art," and was the creator of the legendary mail-art publication Semina.
TOSH takes an unflinching look at the triumphs and tragedies of his unusual upbringing by an artistic genius with all-too-human frailties, against a backdrop that includes The T.A.M.I. ShowSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandEasy Rider, and more. Includes a preface by actress/writer Amber Tamblyn (daughter of Wallace's friend, actor Russ Tamblyn).
The book also includes dozens of rare and previously unseen photos.