The first exhibition of punk's visual expressions in Europe!
Remember punk and those rebellious images of fashion and anarchic pop movement? More than 30 years after its birth, a major travelling exhibition is reviving those memories with Europunk. The Punk cultural vision in Europe during the years 1976-1980. It arrives in Belgium after shows in Geneva and Rome with some 500 items from the explosive and aggressive era: clothes, posters, drawings, fanzines, album covers, collages and films. Curator Eric de Chassey of Rome’s Academy of France presents punk culture as being highly influential in new avant-garde artistic movements by showcasing the work of artists and graphic designers. While punk music and fashion swept through Europe and the United States, its visual repercussions were less obvious but contributed to an interconnecting cultural web. The exhibition, which is divided into eight sections, opens with the Sex Pistols’ TV debut as the British band launched the anti-establishment movement and new ‘youth’ culture. Wednesdays to Sundays.