Beatles to Bowie
dal 14/10/2009 al 23/1/2010
Segnalato da
14/10/2009
Beatles to Bowie
National Portrait Gallery, London
The 60s exposed. This major exhibition explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create ''Swinging London'' in the 1960s. Over 150 photographs, together with a range of memorabilia, illustrate how the photographic image, music and performance made these popstars the leading icons of their time.
This major exhibition explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create 'Swinging London' in the 1960s. Over 150 photographs, together with a range of memorabilia, illustrate how the photographic image, music and performance made these popstars the leading icons of their time.
Featuring key pop cultural figures the exhibition begins in 1960 with hit groups such as The Shadows and The John Barry Seven. As the decade progressed, early portraits of singers such as Cliff Richard, Adam Faith and Billy Fury were followed by those of bands such as The Kinks and The Who.
Huge cultural and social changes were reflected in the styles and imagery of the pop music scene. The classic rivalry between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones is played out visually by a variety of top photographers such as David Bailey, Gered Mankowitz and Robert Whitaker, who helped create and endorse their changing images.
From pure pop, through psychedelia and the birth of progressive music, Beatles to Bowie explores the dramatic developments of pop music and culture, and their lasting impact that continues to live in the memory today.
Image:
The Beatles by Robert Whitaker, 1964
Robert Whitaker Archive
© Robert Whitaker
National Portrait Gallery
st Martin's Place - London
Opening Hours:
Saturday - Wednesday 10.00 – 18.00
Closure commences at 17.50
Thursdays and Fridays until 21.00
Closure commences at 20.50
Last admission to the exhibition is one hour before the Gallery closes.
The Gallery will be closed 24-26 December 2009