BE-BOP OM

ON VIEW: APRIL 17–MAY 15, 2021

FEATURING Allen Ginsberg Estate, and Katie Merz

Planthouse is pleased to present Be-Bop OM, a group show inspired by New York City’s artistic soul’s past and present. Vintage Tin Pan Alley ragtime era sheet music from Harlem historian John Reddick’s collection, a spirited photograph of Jack Kerouac by Allen Ginsberg from the 1950s, recent black and white kinetic cut-outs by Brooklyn-born street artist Katie Merz and new silkscreen prints by Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine celebrates the city’s creative legacy as a home to musicians, painters, poets, and all-around noisemakers.