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Article: The art of revisiting the Swinging Sixties
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 22, 2006
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Riflemaker becomes Indica
Riflemaker, W1 ****
Alien Nation Institute of Contemporary Arts ****
The art of revisiting the Swinging Sixties .....
RIFLEMAKER becomes Indica is an intelligent and entertaining show
in which a young gallery in Soho pays homage to a legendary West End
gallery of the Sixties. Indica pioneered experimental art in Britain
and was one of London's Swinging Sixties hotspots. It was here that
John Lennon met Yoko Ono and hip aristos hung out with assorted
Beatles and Stones.
Asking whether the open-minded Sixties approach could be revived
today, Riflemaker invited Indica's founders to curate a show,
displaying art from their original exhibitions next to the work of ...