We are delighted to welcome biographer Spencer Kansa as he discusses the fascinating lives and work of the legendary artists Marjorie Cameron and Burt Shonberg. The event will include rarely-seen images and film, followed by an audience Q&A.
Doors: 7pm
Tickets: £5- £7 - £10
Alexia Marmara will be in conversation with biographer Spencer Kansa, discussing the fascinating lives and work of the legendary artists Marjorie Cameron (1922-1995) and Burt Shonberg (1933-1977), who both rose to prominence during L.A.’s wild, bohemian scene of the 1950s and ‘60s.
Spencer Kansa has written for a wide variety of publications including Hustler, Mojo, Erotic Review, Hip Hop Connection, Beatdom and the NME. He is the author of Wormwood Star, a biography of the American artist and occult icon Marjorie Cameron (Mandrake of Oxford). His debut novella, Zoning, is published by Beatdom Books. His interviews with literary legends William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Bowles and Herbert Huncke feature in Joe Ambrose's book Chelsea Hotel Manhattan. His latest work, Out There, is a biography of Burt Shonberg, L.A.'s greatest lost artist/muralist.