This is a rare street banner for Bob Dylan's "American Journey" traveling exhibition that made it's final showing at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California in 2008.
This single sided banner measures approx 34" X 89" (almost 8 feet tall). It was displayed as advertising for the exhibition. Being outside it had a few small minor "scuffs" that have been touched up with a black marker and are virtually invisible. Overall it is in Very Good Condition. (see photo)Since it is printed on vinyl and has been rolled up it has a few "waves" that will disappear over time as the vinyl relaxes. You can also remove them by using a clothes iron set on LOW and "pressing" on the backside of the banner. I have cleaned the banner, slightly trimmed the edges, and installed grommets on each corner to facilitate hanging it. Note: The old stitching near the top of the banner was removed when converted from a street banner. It is still barely visible.
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Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956–1966
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles California
Feb 08, 2008 - Jun 08, 2008
Bob Dylan's American Journey Exhibition traced Dylan's personal and artistic development, beginning in postwar Hibbing, Minnesota, the industrial town where Robert Zimmerman (b. 1941) grew up as a store owner's son inspired by early rock and roll.
The exhibition followed Dylan to his debut on the national stage of the Greenwich Village folk scene—one of history's most fascinating intersections of art, politics, and lifestyle—through to his massive fame as one of the first true rock stars and the man who "electrified" contemporary songwriting. This ten-year span encompasses the release of some of Dylan's seminal albums, including “The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan”, “Bringing It All Back Home”, “Highway 61 Revisited”, and “Blonde on Blonde”.
The retrospective showcased more than 150 objects. In addition to those from the Morgan, there were items from the permanent collection of Experience Museum Project, the Bob Dylan Archives, the Smithsonian Museum of American History, the Civil Rights Museum, and private collections.
The exhibition included viewing stations with excerpts from several live Dylan performances and listening stations that allowed visitors to hear various tracks from Dylan songs from the period in which he evolved from a little known folksinger to a rock-and-roll icon. These stations also included conversations with other musicians of the day concerning Dylan and the changing times.
Few figures in the history of American popular culture have attained the status of Bob Dylan. To critics and fans the world over, his distinctly American body of work matches the legacies of Walt Whitman, Louis Armstrong and his own early hero, Woody Guthrie.
This traveling exhibition made it’s final stop at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.