Art Deco: 1910 - 1939
| Art Deco: 1910 - 1939 |
 IMAGE: Tamara DE LEMPICKAPoland 1898–1980, emigrated to France 1918, worked in United States 1939–69, Mexico 1962–80 The telephone II (Le téléphone II) 1930 oil on wood panel 35.0 x 27.0 cm Wolfgang Joop Collection, London © Tamara De Lempicka/ADAGP, Paris. Represented by VISCOPY, Sydney This winter, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is the exclusive Australian venue for a major exhibition of the celebrated and popular style, Art Deco. The exhibition is the most popular program ever mounted at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, which houses one of the world’s great Art Deco collections; and comprises over 300 works, from painting to photography, fashion to film, and architecture to jewellery. Spanning the boom of the roaring Twenties and the Depression–ridden 1930s, Art Deco came to epitomize all the glamour, opulence and hedonism of the Jazz age. It was the era of the flapper, the luxury ocean liner, the Hollywood film and the skyscraper. “Glamorous, consciously modern, vibrant and often exotic, Art Deco is widely considered the most popular artistic style of the twentieth century. It is the style that took the world by storm,” says the NGV’s Director, Dr Gerard Vaughan. “This exhibition is the first to explore Art Deco as a global phenomenon which affected cities as far apart as Paris, New York, Bombay, Shanghai and of course, Melbourne. Art Deco burst onto the world stage at the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale, and quickly swept across the globe. Its influence was everywhere: it transformed the skylines of the cities of New York to Shanghai and shaped the design of everything from fashionable evening wear to plastic radios. Its influence was felt across all areas of art and design, including decorative arts, architecture, fashion, art, graphics and film. The new aesthetics were also found in industrial design, furniture, transport, communications and in household items. Above all, it became the style of the pleasure palaces of the age – hotels, cocktails bars, nightclubs and cinemas. “This stunning exhibition explores the evolution and flowering of Art Deco with such breadth and diversity that it is sure to surprise and delight even the most passionate fan of the style,” Dr Vaughan concludes. Art Deco 1910–1939 at the National Gallery of Victoria, St Kilda Road, Melbourne from June 28 – October 5.www.ngv.vic.gov.au
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