Abstract
Becoming The Ouroboros is an exhibition of new work by artists and musicians who once studied fine art at Leeds colleges around the time of punk rock.
The late 1970s and early 1980s were the crucible of today. This period was book-ended by the three-day week of 1974 and the miners’ strike of 1984. Its defining characteristic was the triumph of neo-liberalism in the election of Thatcher and Reagan, which has to a large extent formed the world we now inhabit. In Leeds much of a generation of art students were searching for a more immediate, engaged and egalitarian form of art. Many of them turned from the visual arts and took up popular music. They formed a rich and significant cadre of bands from The Gang of Four to Scritti Politti, Soft Cell to the Mekons.
The late 1970s and early 1980s were the crucible of today. This period was book-ended by the three-day week of 1974 and the miners’ strike of 1984. Its defining characteristic was the triumph of neo-liberalism in the election of Thatcher and Reagan, which has to a large extent formed the world we now inhabit. In Leeds much of a generation of art students were searching for a more immediate, engaged and egalitarian form of art. Many of them turned from the visual arts and took up popular music. They formed a rich and significant cadre of bands from The Gang of Four to Scritti Politti, Soft Cell to the Mekons.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Leeds |
| Publisher | University of Leeds |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Oct 2022 |
| Event | Becoming The Ouroboros – exhibition - Project Space School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Oct 2022 → 6 Nov 2022 https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/events/event/2562/becoming-the-ouroboros-exhibition |