The Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum is to host You Say You Want a Revolution, a major new exhibition celebrating youth culture in the late sixties.
Running 10 September - 26 February at the London cultural hub, the exhibition will explore the idealism of the time and the wave of artists and creatives who questioned the established power structures.
An immersive soundtrack, theatrical design and cultural items relating to music, fashion and film will all be included as part of the project.
According to the V&A: ‘The spine of the exhibition will be a musical odyssey through some of the greatest music and performances of the 20th century, from Sam Cooke’s A Change is Gonna Come, to The Who’s My Generation, to Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock; and will focus on particular moments or environments that defined the cultural and social vanguard of the period, including clubs and counterculture, the Paris protests of May 1968, World Fairs, the Woodstock Festival of 1969 and communes on the West Coast of America.’
Featured items will include a dress from the boutique of sixties model Twiggy, costumes designed for Mick Jagger and Sandie Shaw and a native American-style suit worn by The Who's Roger Daltrey at Woodstock.
The exhibition considers how the finished and unfinished revolutions of the 1960s changed the way we live today and affect the way we think about the future.
Visit the V&A’s website to find out more.
Photo credit - Alan Aldridge © Iconic Images, Alan Aldridge
Running 10 September - 26 February at the London cultural hub, the exhibition will explore the idealism of the time and the wave of artists and creatives who questioned the established power structures.
An immersive soundtrack, theatrical design and cultural items relating to music, fashion and film will all be included as part of the project.
According to the V&A: ‘The spine of the exhibition will be a musical odyssey through some of the greatest music and performances of the 20th century, from Sam Cooke’s A Change is Gonna Come, to The Who’s My Generation, to Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock; and will focus on particular moments or environments that defined the cultural and social vanguard of the period, including clubs and counterculture, the Paris protests of May 1968, World Fairs, the Woodstock Festival of 1969 and communes on the West Coast of America.’
Featured items will include a dress from the boutique of sixties model Twiggy, costumes designed for Mick Jagger and Sandie Shaw and a native American-style suit worn by The Who's Roger Daltrey at Woodstock.
The exhibition considers how the finished and unfinished revolutions of the 1960s changed the way we live today and affect the way we think about the future.
Visit the V&A’s website to find out more.
Photo credit - Alan Aldridge © Iconic Images, Alan Aldridge
