My visit to this exhibition in Late December was initially one of interest from the point of view of. I had grown up with many aspects of the period covered by this exhibition and it was visually relevant to me as a review of the imagery and publications that I had seen or owned during that period. Magazines, record sleeves and sheet music provided and interesting record of the period. There was also a visual reminder, relevant to my current research, of the styles and production methods associated with graphics and print of the time. Evidence of the use of Letraset and relatively crude montage of visual items, especially from the very early party of the decade. The photo qualities were mixed; Some clearly from music and fashion journalism sources where photos were iconic and gave a clear sense of musical developments of the time but were not necessarily technically sound, whereas some studio shots, for instance those by David Bailey, showed the standard of photography that had made their originators famous.
A well structured and resourced exhibition. Of particular interest to anyone, who like me, grew up through the 1960's.
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