Enjoy This Trip: The Art of Music Posters

Touring Exhibition
1 Nov 2024 – 19 Jan 2025
Riddoch Arts & Cultural Centre, SA
Free
A colourful music poster featuring the words 'mental as anything'

Paul Worstead, Jimmy Jones Souvenirs, Mental as anything - Creatures of leisure (Martin), 1982, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of the artist 1994. This work appears on screen courtesy of the artist

'The musicians were turning up their amplifiers to the point where they were blowing out your eardrums. I did the equivalent with the eyeballs.'

Victor Moscoso

About

Drawn from the National Gallery’s expansive collection of Australian and international music posters spanning the 1960s to 1980s, Enjoy this trip: The art of music posters captures the spirit of the times as an era of experimentation.

Journey back to the Summer of Love and be transported to a time when the music was funky, the art was kaleidoscopic and psychedelia was in full swing. Enjoy this trip presents a nostalgic exploration of the times through art, graphic design, music, colour and typography.

This is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition supported by the Australian Government through the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program.

Curator: Leanne Santoro, Curator, Sharing the National Collection.

Dates & Venues

Touring Dates

  • Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre, SA
     1 Nov 2024 – 19 Jan 2025
  • Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW
     4 Apr – 25 May 2025
  • Home of the Arts, QLD
     7 Jun – 17 Aug 2025

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