Arik Moonhawk Roper (a longtime Arthur contributing artist) will be celebrating the launch of his new book Mushroom Magick this Friday in New York. In creating this book, Roper has added his own indelible mark to the long history of mushroom art, presenting over 90 of his original portraits of hallucinogenic species of mushroom alongside educational writings by friends and scholars Erik Davis, Daniel Pinchbeck and Gary Lincoff. Learn more about and see images of Roper’s richly water-colored illustrations of these mysterious fungi in this blog post.

Be warned: If you are not wary of the importance of the mushroom’s existence on earth, after reading this book you will no doubt be conscious of the fact that fungi are communicating with our world in ways that are nothing less than mind-blowing…

Friday, May 15th, 6-8pm (on view through May 30th)
Gavin Brown’s enterprise
620 Greenwich St. / New York, NY 10014
Free admission

Previously on Arthurmag.com:

1. September 12th, 15th and 22nd – Light Industry presents…
2. Today’s Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – NORMAN O. BROWN
3. Friday, October 2nd – Lovely Daze 6 book launch at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in NYC
4. Arik Roper’s “The Hidden Dimension” opens at Fuse Gallery in NYC on October 24, 2009