Monky Beat Generation
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nucara
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Artist Renzo Nucara presents “Monky Beat Generation,” a series following his alter ego, and protagonist of his works, Monky as he explores the key figures of the Beat Generation. In 1969 when Nucara was 17, he read “On the Road.” After being inspired, that same summer he packed a backpack and embarked on an adventure hitchhiking around Europe for 2 months. This very trip inspired him to begin creating art. As a tribute to the people who inspired his artistic journey, Nucara has created 4 pieces highlighting different founding members of the Beat Generation: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, and Charlie Parker.
Monky & Beat Generation
“"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dyn...”
Monky & Beat Generation - Ferlinghetti
““I wish to descend in the social scale. High society is low society. I am a social climber climbing downward And the descent is difficult. (- Junkman’s Obbligato)” Ferlinghetti was a poet and publisher. He also published the early works of Kerouac an...”
Monky & Beat Generation - Charlie Parker
“Music is reflected in the literature of every era in American history, and the soundtrack, indeed the heartbeat, of the Beat Generation was modern jazz. Specifically, it was the propulsive, adventurous and boundary defying sound of bebop, which had e...”
Monky & Beat Generation - Kerouac
“"The Beat Generation is a group of children on the street corner talking about the end of the world" (Jack Kerouac) Each artist is a witness of his time and his past. In 1972, after reading Kerouac's "On the Road" at the age of 17, I grabbed a backpa...”
