Overview
Taste and Decency brings into dialogue pioneering Pop artists Jann Haworth and Idelle Weber with a younger generation of artists, including Rachel Maclean, Rosie Gibbens, and Olivia Sterling, exploring how consumption, sexuality, identity, and social behaviour are staged and circulated from the 1960s to today.

Through painting, sculpture, moving image, and installation, the exhibition examines how ideas of taste, desirability, and decorum are shaped by advertising, mass media, and contemporary image culture. Using humour, satire, exaggeration, and material play, the artists expose the performances and contradictions embedded within everyday life, revealing how visibility and social expectation continue to shape behaviour across generations. Read more 

 

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Works
  • Rachel Maclean Up Cuddle, 2024
    Rachel Maclean
    Up Cuddle, 2024
  • Rachel Maclean Ready to Pop, 2024
    Rachel Maclean
    Ready to Pop, 2024
  • Olivia Sterling Accidents Will Happen, 2021
    Olivia Sterling
    Accidents Will Happen, 2021
  • Olivia Sterling Don't be Timid, 2023
    Olivia Sterling
    Don't be Timid, 2023
  • Olivia Sterling Let me Down Gently, 2024
    Olivia Sterling
    Let me Down Gently, 2024
  • Rosie Gibbens Demodex Quilt, 2024
    Rosie Gibbens
    Demodex Quilt, 2024
  • Rosie Gibbens Planned Obsolescence: Spite Face, 2023
    Rosie Gibbens
    Planned Obsolescence: Spite Face, 2023
  • Rosie Gibbens Planned Obsolescence: Auto Segmented Slice, 2023
    Rosie Gibbens
    Planned Obsolescence: Auto Segmented Slice, 2023
  • Rosie Gibbens Planned Obsolescence: Eating Myself, 2023
    Rosie Gibbens
    Planned Obsolescence: Eating Myself, 2023
  • Rosie Gibbens Planned Obsolescence: UV Set Copy, 2023
    Rosie Gibbens
    Planned Obsolescence: UV Set Copy, 2023
  • Idelle Weber Be Beautiful, 2012
    Idelle Weber
    Be Beautiful, 2012
  • Idelle Weber Double Sided I, 1966
    Idelle Weber
    Double Sided I, 1966
  • Idelle Weber Doorway Madonna, 1960-62
    Idelle Weber
    Doorway Madonna, 1960-62
  • Idelle Weber Falling Figures, 1966
    Idelle Weber
    Falling Figures, 1966
  • Idelle Weber Flight I & II, 1960
    Idelle Weber
    Flight I & II, 1960
  • Idelle Weber Flower Girl, 1960
    Idelle Weber
    Flower Girl, 1960
  • Idelle Weber Just So, 1968
    Idelle Weber
    Just So, 1968
  • Idelle Weber Smoking and Waiting, 1971
    Idelle Weber
    Smoking and Waiting, 1971
  • Idelle Weber Swingers, 1960
    Idelle Weber
    Swingers, 1960
  • Jann Haworth Lindner Doll, 1965
    Jann Haworth
    Lindner Doll, 1965
  • Jann Haworth Classic Donut Table, 2021–23
    Jann Haworth
    Classic Donut Table, 2021–23
  • Jann Haworth Rodeo Queen: Rocking Ranch, 2010
    Jann Haworth
    Rodeo Queen: Rocking Ranch, 2010
  • Jann Haworth Ruth’s Diner: Hi, I’ll be your server tonight, 2010
    Jann Haworth
    Ruth’s Diner: Hi, I’ll be your server tonight, 2010
  • Jann Haworth The Acid Queen Corset for the Euro Fest production of The Who's Rock Opera 'Tommy', 1992
    Jann Haworth
    The Acid Queen Corset for the Euro Fest production of The Who's Rock Opera 'Tommy', 1992
  • Idelle Weber Off To See The Wizard, 1967
    Idelle Weber
    Off To See The Wizard, 1967
  • Pauline Boty Still Life with Paint Brushes, c. 1959-61
    Pauline Boty
    Still Life with Paint Brushes, c. 1959-61
  • Michael Ward Untitled (Pauline Boty In Her Studio version 3), 1964
    Michael Ward
    Untitled (Pauline Boty In Her Studio version 3), 1964
  • Michael Ward Untitled (Pauline Boty In Her Studio), 1963
    Michael Ward
    Untitled (Pauline Boty In Her Studio), 1963
  • Pauline Boty Still Life with Paint Brushes, c. 1959-61
    Pauline Boty
    Still Life with Paint Brushes, c. 1959-61