Mix Tape Revisits the 1980s
Exhibiting at The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Mix Tape 1980s: Appropriation, Subculture, Critical Style, will explore a decade of dynamic social change and fiercely contested viewpoints on contemporary art and culture.
“Mix Tape 1980s contextualises an era that left a legacy beyond its memorable fashion and music. Amid the glamour and greed of the 1980s, Australian artists were exploring issues that continue to engage artists of today – issues of Australian identity and place, and social, political, environmental and economic concerns,” says NGV Director Tony Ellwood.
By highlighting the intersections between art, music, theory and popular culture, the exhibition will reference the preoccupations of a rapidly changing 1980s Australian society. The collection is not limited to art, but will feature various media—painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, fashion and furniture design, as well as selected ephemera including magazines, records, films and video.
The exhibition will present key works by artist Howard Arkley, fashion from Katie Pye Studio along with significant Australian publications including Tension and Lip Magazine.
Mix Tape features more than 120 works and is on display from Thursday 11 April until Sunday 1 September 2013 at The National Gallery of Victoria, Australia.
