COOL BRITANNIA COMEBACK: Tate Britain is seizing on the current nostalgia for the 1990s with a show that looks back at the old days when John Galliano, Hussein Chalayan and Alexander McQueen were shaking up the runways; Manchester’s Haçienda club was a world capital of music, and Charles Saatchi was fueling the careers of Young British Artists including Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Sam Taylor-Johnson.
“The 90s: Art and Fashion” will run from Oct. 8 to Feb. 14, 2027, and examine the art, photography, nightlife, subcultures and all-round look of the ’90s, which the museum describes as “a decade synonymous with possibility, optimism and an audacious spirit.”
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The show also wants to look at the “surge of creative energy” that came from the decade’s opportunities and challenges.
Curated by Edward Enninful, the show will feature the work of nearly 70 artists, photographers and designers, with 100 photographs, paintings, sculptures and articles of clothing.
The focus will be on the “taste for imperfection and do-it-yourself” attitude of the era, reflected in photographs by Corinne Day, Nigel Shafran and Juergen Teller for titles such as i-D and Dazed and Confused. It will also look at the more stark, conceptual work of Nick Knight, David Sims, Craig McDean and Wolfgang Tillmans.
On the fashion front, there will be suits by Ozwald Boateng, runway footage of Joe Casely-Hayford’s presentations, a spotlight on McQueen’s eye-popping shows and Chalayan’s silhouettes inspired by everyday objects such as furniture.
It will also examine how designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Galliano “borrowed” across history and cultures, interrogating style, class and national mythology with anachronistic fashion collections. “Together, the closing room reflects on the 1990s as a moment poised between past and future, allowing audiences to rethink our picture of the art of the decade,” the museum said.