Art ANNÉES 80. Mode, Design Et Graphisme En France

Photographer Quentin de Ladelune

The musée des Arts décoratifs will celebrate the 1980s with a major exhibition entitled Années 80, Mode, design et graphisme en France, to be held in the Central Hall from October 13th, 2022, through April 16th, 2023.

From the election of François Mitterrand (french president) in 1981 to the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, this historic decade, still vivid in people’s minds in France, is considered both a political watershed and an artistic turning point in the fields of fashion, design and graphic arts, where postmodernism opens up all artistic possibilities.

Années 80, Mode, design et graphisme en France brings together over 700 artworks including objects, furniture, fashion designs, posters, photographs, videos, album covers and fanzines, retracing this frenzied decade that became synonymous with eclecticism. The 1980s saw the emergence of a new generation of creators, from Olivier Gagnère, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti, to Philippe Starck and Martin Szekely, all of whom designed and created in a context conducive to freedom of expression.

Fashion design also broke free from the traditional dictates of style, with designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler skyrocketing to “superstar” status. The 1980s were also the apex of advertising, graphic design, and audio-visual production through the works of Jean-Paul Goude, Jean-Baptiste Mondino and Etienne Robial.

From new wave to post-punk and hip-hop, a new chapter was also being written in the history of music and dance in the legendary nightclubs of Paris.

The exhibition scenography, a clash of vibrantly colored shapes and designs, is the work of designer Adrien Rovero.

Curators
• Amélie GASTAUT, Chief Curator Advertising and Graphic Design Collections
• Karine LACQUEMANT, Assistant Curator Modern and Contemporary Collections
• Mathilde LE CORRE, Independant Curator, Fashion Collections
• Sébastien QUÉQUET, assistant Curator, Graphic Arts Collections
Assisted by Madeleine JACOMET

With the support of Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Huth,and CALQ Agence d’Architecture.

On display from 13 October 2022 to 16 April 2023 in MAD Paris.

Press release by MAD Paris.

 

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