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Come As You Are: Art of the 1990s
Telfair Museums turns back the clock for Come As You Are: Art of the 1990s, an exhibition that celebrates and explores the alternative culture of the millennium鈥檚 final decade.
This ambitious exhibition showcases 65 works by 45 artists born or practicing in the United States in the 1990s鈥攊ncluding Doug Aitken, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Prema Murthy, Shirin Neshat, Catherine Opie, Gabriel Orozco, Diana Thater, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Kara Walker鈥攁nd is composed of installations, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, videos, and digital art. Come As You Are writes a history of the 1990s through the lens of the visual arts. The show focuses on three principal themes: the 鈥渋dentity politics鈥� debates, the digital revolution, and globalization. It explores a range of geopolitical milestones and social issues from 1989 to 2001鈥攆rom the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11鈥攖hrough the perspective of artists working at that time. The exhibition鈥檚 title refers to the 1992 song by Nirvana, the quintessential 90s band, whose contradictory lyrics and disaffected style sum up the tensions of this iconic decade.
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Telfair Museums turns back the clock for Come As You Are: Art of the 1990s, an exhibition that celebrates and explores the alternative culture of the millennium鈥檚 final decade.
This ambitious exhibition showcases 65 works by 45 artists born or practicing in the United States in the 1990s鈥攊ncluding Doug Aitken, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Prema Murthy, Shirin Neshat, Catherine Opie, Gabriel Orozco, Diana Thater, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Kara Walker鈥攁nd is composed of installations, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, videos, and digital art. Come As You Are writes a history of the 1990s through the lens of the visual arts. The show focuses on three principal themes: the 鈥渋dentity politics鈥� debates, the digital revolution, and globalization. It explores a range of geopolitical milestones and social issues from 1989 to 2001鈥攆rom the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11鈥攖hrough the perspective of artists working at that time. The exhibition鈥檚 title refers to the 1992 song by Nirvana, the quintessential 90s band, whose contradictory lyrics and disaffected style sum up the tensions of this iconic decade.
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