Art After Hours goes retro 1970s: Punk vs disco

Pop artists of the 70s took the emerging subcultures and heightened political climate as their subject. Gough Whitlam promoted women’s rights, Indigenous rights and free education for all. Colour TV entered living rooms, Olivia Newton-John hit the world stage, and mood rings, water beds and lava lamps were all the rage. It was the era of disco, the hustle, ABBA and tight lycra pants. It was also the era of punk rock, piercings, mohawks and moshpits. Choose your side, dress your best, and you could win a prize from UNIQLO in our best dressed competition. Journalist Annabel Crabb joins us to consider feminism today and the impact our vocal 70s sisters. Vocalist Simon Meli, of The Voice television fame, rocks out with the band. And our Young Members group for art-lovers aged 18 to 40 hosts activities in our Pop to popism exhibition’s 'pop play’ zone. Find out more at http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art-after-hours/2015/1/21/ :: Art After Hours is a free weekly program held every Wednesday night ::