As part of the Norman Rea Gallery’s 21/22 programme we are pleased to announce our final March exhibition as a committee, That’s Hot. This exhibition will be part of our five-day festival with HARD magazine, Modern Renaissance: York’s Creative Festival. The exhibition takes inspiration from the beginning of 1990s to the 2010s, with the inclusiveness of third/fourth wave feminism which redefined what it meant to be a feminist; embracing individuality and diversity.

That’s Hot aims to recognise the diversity of marginalised experiences, and how women of colour were continually being whitewashed and oversexualised; such as the characterised hyper sexualisation of Asian women, and the origins of Y2K trends that derived off Black and Chicano cultures.

Within every fashion era, the Anti-Fashion movement will be interrogated alongside this through topics surrounding 1990s skate culture. Originally a male-dominated sport and trend, we want the exhibition to reflect the division of binary roles that is slowly diminishing as well as highlight the ever-increasing fast-fashion due to commercialism. 

That’s Hot will exhibit a diversity of mediums which will be  accompanied with live music inspired by 90’s, Hip-Hop and R&B sounds.

This is the final event with our 2021/2022 committee so we hope that you will be able to come along to our Opening Night on the 7th of March, 6:30-9:00pm. 

More can be found in our official press release here