HARLAND SNODGRASS MEMORIAL
HARLAND SNODGRASS
10-26-41 to 3-31-19
Just found out my buddy and cohort in mischief passed away yesterday. I knew Harland as the partner of Kristina Larsson de Sacramento when I would accompany her doing Flamenco at the Loring. I knew Harland as a video guy and that at one time he was an artist extraordinaire!
And a former drum kit player. We always had a good laugh, glass of wine and checking out the lovely beauties strolling in and out of the Loring.
Harland also took some of the best pics of me and MOJO ROOTS, they are amazing. He took the photo that I have posted for my Judge Judy trip coming up tomorrow.
Harland you will be missed.
Have a great new adventure out there in the Universe!
Love You Bro!
For over 50 years Harland Snodgrass made art. He showed art. He taught art. Most never knew.
https://harlandsnodgrass.com
We present Harland as the multifaceted visual artist he is (not just “the video guy”). He found inspiration in such diverse areas as jazz, the treads of an automobile tire, #1 pencils, The Velvet Underground, neon tubing, banjos, James Rosenquist, funky drummers, Kawasaki motorcycles, geodesic domes, Schaefer beer, Andy Warhol or the rows and rows and rows of crops surrounding his farm in upstate New York. An artist of multiple talents and disciplines: filmmaker, painter, printmaker, draftsman, photographer, educator, designer of posters and T-shirts and oh yeah—a video artist—but most importantly a drummer. A shit-hot drummer.
Primarily spanning work from the 1960s and 1970s, with a few select pieces before and after these decades, Harland’s work presented in this site is a both a reflection and a celebration of the art of its (his) era. But never shackled to a single style nor movement. Never dull. Always expressive. It’s an explosion of visual treats. If you’ve got eyes, you better look.