Tribe13 Gallery Presents

Jacaeber Kastor. New York City artist, raised in Berkeley, Calif. Owned and ran Psychedelic Solution Gallery in New York City from 1986 to 2004. A gallery that celebrated the “big tent” family of Art that owes something to the Psychedelic Experience, in whichever artistic tradition or format it may take. Jacaeber’s penchant for detailed black ink drawings reflects a psychedelically enhanced exploration into aspects of reality, as only an artist can, via the simple tools of India Ink, hand-eye coordination and rigorous focus through vast amounts of time, returning over and over to reflect and delve into regions that lie in superposition between the mind’s eye and the apparent physical universe. Utilizing a fabric of subliminal trippy patterning, edges, shifting structures, textures, and the relationship to the mysterious “un-seen” are brought forth to share as visual art.
Jacaeber’s collecting and archiving interests have focused on American artists exposed to psychedelics from circa 1950 to the mid 1970s. His efforts include research and detective work, collecting and databasing art, paper ephemera and images as well as biographical details of artists from this formative period. In the those early years, there was scant recognition, nor economy for this type of art, so the goal of identifying overlooked artists and work of importance is a priority. Through his efforts as a board member of the non-profit Haight St Art Center in San Francisco, or via loaning artwork for exhibition, brokering art sales, consulting or art writing, Jacaeber has been trying to fortify and bring clarity, order and knowledge of the foundational years of American Psychedelic Art, an expanding field of interest as time goes on.