'Rock 'n' roll swagger': 10 iconic images capturing the chaotic energy of '90s Brit culture
Tate Britain is hosting an exhibition celebrating the chaotic and influential culture of 1990s Britain, spanning music, fashion, and art. Curator Edward Enninful highlights how the era broke down traditional hierarchies and fostered a spirit of creative collaboration.
Why it matters
The exhibition serves as a cultural retrospective on a decade that significantly shaped modern British identity and creative industries.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Arwa Haider Juergen Teller/ All rights reserved It was the last hurrah of analogue, old-millennium life in the UK, as the era's chaotic, thrilling energy spilled into music, fashion, art and hedonism. Now the decade is being celebrated in a major exhibition at Tate Britain.
The 1990s in Britain felt like a collision course of scenes – music, club culture, art, fashion, all vividly spilling into each other. A youthful generation was full of DIY innovations and an appetite for adventure and hedonism. This hot-mess energy fuelled the era's creativity: it was thrilling and chaotic, and often contradictory. Dancefloors might erupt anywhere. Everything from art to restaurant cuisine or stand-up comedy had rock'n'roll swagger. Tate Britain's new exhibition, The 90s: Art and Fashion, channels some of that energy.
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