Garage - contemporary art

This is one of the many contemporary art museums here in Moscow. It is close to where a live and yesterday I went to have a look at it.
I am not a massive fan of contemporary art, but I believe that visiting a museum it is always worth it. You never know, you may discover something new.

I very much enjoyed the photography exhibition on the on "Alternative fashion before Glossies 1985-1995". Here what was written on the wall when I entered the room:
"..history of alternative fashion, a trend that emerged at the junction of rock and squat club culture during the period that started with early perestroika and ended with the arrival of glossy fashion periodicals in mid 90's."

My understanding is that when Russia opened its frontiers to the Western world, young people got overwhelmed by this new freedom, by the trends and ideas coming from Europe and the United States. And they liked it so much that they mixed punk with rock with New Wave and whatever else was available from the West. The result was an underground culture that created an alternative fashion.
When I first looked at those pictures I thought they were exaggerated both in terms of clothing and poses. Unprobable dresses or half naked models, masks and elegant hats, heels and boots, propaganda poses with design dresses.. it was all so mixed and messed up!
Then I thought that -maybe- there was such a hunger for freedom that they did not care about making distincions and they took it all.

I can't blame them.