John Dunbar (artist)

John Dunbar (born 1943) is a British artist, collector, and former gallerist, best known for his connections to the art and music scenes of the 1960s counterculture.

They were married on 6 May 1965, with Peter Asher as the best man,[3] and spent their honeymoon in Paris, with the Beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso.

The gallery became known for staging exhibitions by cutting-edge artists, including Boyle Family and Yoko Ono from the Fluxus movement.

From 1969 to 1971 Dunbar was exhibitions officer for the British Council, revitalizing their programme by promoting a new generation of artists such as Barry Flanagan, Colin Self, Bruce McLean and Clive Barker.

That same year, Dunbar took part in the re-staging of Indica by Riflemaker Gallery in Soho, London, hosting an in conversation with Yoko Ono and as guest speaker with a talk entitled INDICATIONS....[7] Since the 1960s, Dunbar has consistently maintained an eclectic practice encompassing drawing and collage, particularly in notebook context, sculpture and assemblage, photography and film.