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We are watching: OZ in London
The exhibition, We Are Watching: OZ in London, will explore the creative output of a range of the magazine鈥檚 contributors over the six years that it was based in London, where it provided a voice to young journalists, artists and designers. This international network included Richard Neville, Martin Sharp, Felix Dennis, Jim Anderson, Robert Whitaker, Philippe Mora and Germaine Greer. Several other individuals were also fundamental in the success of OZ, their hard work unaccredited at the time, including Marsha Rowe and Louise Ferrier.
As well as focusing on the obscenity trial* against the editors that took place in 1971, the exhibition will highlight many of the social and political issues that were addressed within the magazine. Through satire, serious journalism, art and design, OZ was part of the underground press that formed a voice against the establishment, raising awareness, and often controversially so, of issues such as race and gender prejudice, mistreatment of prisoners, homosexuality, and drug awareness.
Curated by Cherie Silver, the exhibition includes material from: the Richard Neville Papers at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (reprinted by kind permission of the Estate of Richard Neville); Felix Dennis Archive courtesy of James Birch and Barry Miles; Andrew Sclanders/BeatBooks.com; and the private collections of Marsha Rowe, Richard Adams and James Birch. Any material by Martin Sharp appears with the kind permission of the Estate of Martin Sharp.
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The exhibition, We Are Watching: OZ in London, will explore the creative output of a range of the magazine鈥檚 contributors over the six years that it was based in London, where it provided a voice to young journalists, artists and designers. This international network included Richard Neville, Martin Sharp, Felix Dennis, Jim Anderson, Robert Whitaker, Philippe Mora and Germaine Greer. Several other individuals were also fundamental in the success of OZ, their hard work unaccredited at the time, including Marsha Rowe and Louise Ferrier.
As well as focusing on the obscenity trial* against the editors that took place in 1971, the exhibition will highlight many of the social and political issues that were addressed within the magazine. Through satire, serious journalism, art and design, OZ was part of the underground press that formed a voice against the establishment, raising awareness, and often controversially so, of issues such as race and gender prejudice, mistreatment of prisoners, homosexuality, and drug awareness.
Curated by Cherie Silver, the exhibition includes material from: the Richard Neville Papers at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (reprinted by kind permission of the Estate of Richard Neville); Felix Dennis Archive courtesy of James Birch and Barry Miles; Andrew Sclanders/BeatBooks.com; and the private collections of Marsha Rowe, Richard Adams and James Birch. Any material by Martin Sharp appears with the kind permission of the Estate of Martin Sharp.
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