{"id":49580,"date":"2020-04-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/?p=49580"},"modified":"2022-02-27T21:36:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T21:36:23","slug":"from-the-mao-archive-signs-of-the-times-in-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/from-the-mao-archive-signs-of-the-times-in-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"From the MAO archive: Signs of the Times in 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Since 1966, Modern Art Oxford has hosted avant-garde artists, performances and art forms. In this third post in our #MAOarchive series we look back to a pioneering show in 1990.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>At a time when video art remained marginalised in the art world, <em>Signs of the Times<\/em> was the first major exhibition of British sculpture and installation in video, slide-tape and film from the 1980s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-38560 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sc8-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38560 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1759px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1759\/2462;\" \/><figcaption>Cover page of the programme for <em>Signs of the Times<\/em>&nbsp;at Modern Art Oxford, 1990.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Referring to then head curator Chrissie Iles, one critic wrote: \u201cThe Museum of Modern Art Oxford must be the only public space to have on its staff a specialist in video and alternative media\u2026 I\u2019m not a lover of video \u2013 rarely does an artist overcome the clutter of technology \u2013 but this selection is exemplary.&#8221; Scroll to see just a few from this exemplary selection.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-38561 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scan-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38561 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1691px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1691\/2033;\" \/><figcaption>Tina Keane, <em>Escalator<\/em>. <i>Signs of the Times<\/i>, installation view at Modern Art Oxford 1990 \u00a9 Modern Art Oxford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tina Keane\u2019s <em>Escalator<\/em> featured a double \u2018staircase\u2019 of video monitors. Frames of people sleeping rough in the London Underground, \u2018the city of broken spirits\u2019, were split with shots of the wealthy City.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-38562 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Judith-Goddard-Electron-Television-Circle.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38562 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1814px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1814\/1357;\" \/><figcaption>Judith Goddard, <i>Electron &#8211; Television Circle<\/i>. <i>Signs of the Times<\/i>, installation view at Modern Art Oxford 1990 \u00a9 Modern Art Oxford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Judith Goddard\u2019s <em>Electron \u2013 Television Circle<\/em> was originally sited on Dartmoor and was created in response to the landscape. Seven television monitors and a video recorder were arranged in a circle, open to the elements. To recreate the installation in the gallery, slides were used to reinvent the surrounding landscape.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-38563 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/holly-warburton-bottom-Viridus.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38563 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1471px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1471\/1428;\" \/><figcaption>Holly Warburton, <i>Viridus<\/i>. <i>Signs of the Times<\/i>, installation view at Modern Art Oxford 1990 \u00a9 Modern Art Oxford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Holly Warburton\u2019s <em>Viridus<\/em> took the form of a triptych combining sculpture and dissolve slide-tape. 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