Glam; The Performance Of Style
During feedback week, I decided to visit the Liverpool Tate to see the current exhibition 'Glam; The Performance of Style'. This exhibition which demonstrates the era of 'Glam' throughout the UK and USA.
I was very excited to visit this exhibition as I have always been very intrigued by the fashion that was popular at the time. I loved the different topics that the exhibition covered, spanning from the music which was popular at the time, David Bowie and Brian Eno to the sinister erotic art that Andy Warhol and Allen Jones created. What I found interesting when looking round was how free people were becoming at the time. The 70s became the year of a change in culture. Fashion became more risky and unusual with Ziggy Stardust becoming a huge influence on people, of which they had never really seen before. The mystery of sex became a less taboo subject, women became free, dressing how they felt and drag queens becoming more and more common.
What I found most unusual was the idea of sex and eroticsism. The art by Allen Jones, which focused on women being manipulated into furniture. When seeing this piece of work in the gallery, I instantly felt uncomfortable and confused by this piece of work. The women are made life size, which adds to the realism of the piece. At first i did not understand this piece of work, but having time to think about this piece of work I think it discusses the idea of women in the home, still being in her traditional role of the home-maker (cooking, cleaning, looking after the children) or 'being part of the furniture' but giving her the freedom of sex and power over her body. However, as you can see, she still cannot escape the role of 'part of the furniture' almost saying that a woman can have this power and freedom but only in her own home.
Overall, I thought the exhibition was very interesting and included a variety of different media, from magazines, to posters to performances covering the most important changes during the time, summing up the 1970s in a very exciting and educational way.
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