The Beatles attend an exhibition by Greek sculptor Takis Vasilakis

On this day, according to Barry Miles in his book “The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years“, The Beatles attended the opening of an exhibition at the Indica Gallery by the Greek sculptor Takis Vasilakis, who became a friend with The Beatles and Yoko Ono.

I’d been down to see things like Takis who’d made these flashing lights and sold them for a fortune!

John Lennon – 1980 – From “Revolver (2022)” book

One of Indica gallery’s first exhibitions was by the Greek sculptor Takis Vassilakis, whose angular metal shapes were embellished by flashing lights. Paul immediately bought a Takis, consisting of a long, spindly rod topped by a green light, and a matching, but shorter, rod topped by a red one. Seeing a resemblance to the singing duo that included Jane’s diminutive, carrot-haired brother, he nicknamed it ‘Peter and Gordon’.

From “Paul McCartney – The Life” by Philip Norman, 2016

Robert could play the academic game quite easily, he was very knowledgeable, but I think he found it a bit boring. It wasn’t our scene, being academic. I’ve heard him hold his own with academics, but that wasn’t the buzz. The buzz was more of a mixture, a cross-over with musicians, etc.He turned me on to quite a few things, quite a few artists. We went down once on an impulse to see Takis, the great sculptor who did things with tank aerials with little lights on the end. That sort of thing was great. We’d just turn up at someone’s studio, smoke a bit of pot, sit around and just chat art.

Paul McCartney – From “Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser” by Harriet Vyner, 1999

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