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Tate Liverpool + RIBA North Exhibition

Glam! The Performance of Style

8 February – 12 May 2013
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Glam, a visually extravagant pop style exploded across Britain during the years 1971–5. The exciting, futuristic sounds, extravagant fashions and glitter-dappled personas emerging in this era had their roots firmly in British art schools.

Glam! The Performance of Style is the first exhibition to explore glam style and sensibility in depth. The exhibition investigates artistic developments in Britain Europe and North America through the prism of glam, examining painting, sculpture, installation art, film, photography and performance.

Bringing together more than 100 artworks the exhibition will reveal the genealogy of glam. Themes of glamour, camp, exaggerated identity, androgyny, eroticism and dandyism will be explored in the work of David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Allen Jones, Richard Hamilton, Peter Hujar and many more.

The exhibition also includes a new adaptation of Marc Camille Chaimowicz’s spectacular, glitter-strewn installation Celebration? Realife featuring mirror balls, strobe and stage lighting and music including David Bowie.

  • Download the Glam Teachers' Pack [PDF, 6.53 Mb]

Tate Liverpool + RIBA North

Mann Island
Liverpool L3 1BP
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Dates

8 February – 12 May 2013

Supported by

European Union Culture programme

European Union Culture programme

In partnership with

Tate Members and Glam! Supporters Group

Tate Members and Glam! Supporters Group

The Guardian

The Guardian

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    Andy Warhol

    1928–1987
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    Richard Hamilton

    1922–2011
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    born 1937
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