SEMINA 1955

Wallace Berman (1926-1976) was the quintessential artist of the Californian counterculture, connecting the disparate artistic, liter ary, music and film scenes of Los Angeles and San Francisco with his pioneering mail-art magazine Semina. Published between 1955 and 1964 in editions ranging from 150 to 350 copies, and hand-printed on a tabletop at Berman's house, Semina was sent through the mail to his friends, to the contributors and to those he admired. Among its many contributors were Charles Brittin, Jean Cocteau, Walter Hopps, ...[Read more]