Jordan Gogos is included in the major touring exhibition New Exuberance: contemporary Australian textile design.
New Exuberance: contemporary Australian textile design is a major touring exhibition project reflecting on current directions in textile practice through art, design and fashion. Curated by Meryl Ryan in consultation with the JamFactory team, the exhibition presents the work of more than thirty diverse multidisciplinary creatives and includes ten commissioned furniture pieces produced by designers associated with JamFactory.
After his spectacular Iordanes Spyridon Gogos AAFW22 runway event at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, Jordan Gogos identified dynamic co-creation, rather than sole authorship, as a key influence on the label’s aesthetic and performance. ‘I wanted to just sit with people and make with people,’ he has said, ‘it just felt like fashion needed more dialogue.’ 7 His infectious vision galvanised the museum and sparked the formation of an ensemble of more than 60 creatives—from milliners, florists and sculptors to a magician of a shoemaker. Pulled together by unique methods of textile construction and a fearless palette, the wit and detail of each final showpiece was a feat. Add to this their characterful presentation by a modelling cast of real bodies on a hand-fashioned stage in the Boiler Hall and you arrived at pure joy. With this egalitarian enthusiasm and drive for design synergy, Gogos’ practice embodies the feeling of new exuberance.
Hamilton Gallery
Hamilton, VIC
24 May 2024 - 21 July 2024
Redcliffe Art Gallery
Redcliffe, QLD
3 August 2024 – 18 November 2024
Cairns Regional Art Gallery
Cairns, QLD
30 November 2024 - 25 January 2025
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum
Gladstone, QLD
7 February 2025 - 7 April 2025
Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie
Booragul, NSW
18 April 2025 - 22 June 2025
Australian Design Centre
Darlinghurst, NSW
3 July 2025 - 16 August 2025
The Glasshouse Regional Gallery
Port Macquarie, NSW
29 August 2025 - 30 November 2025
Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery
Port Pirie, SA
12 December 2025 - 1 March 2026
Fabrik Arts and Heritage
Lobethal, SA
13 March 2026 - 10 May 2026
