McMaster Museum of Art wins Ontario’s ‘Exhibition of the Year’

McMaster’s Museum of Art has won Ontario’s Exhibition of the Year award for “The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs, and Politics.”

The exhibition topped major galleries like the Art Gallery of Ontario and Ottawa Art Gallery for its Fall 2024 exhibition

The exhibition celebrated The Clichettes who were an influential feminist performance trio whose work from 1978 to 1993 blended satire, lip-sync, theatre, drag, dance and comedy to challenge cultural tropes of femininity and masculinity.

One member, Janice Hladki, taught for 20 years in McMaster’s School of the Arts and Gender Studies and Feminist Research, where she focused on visual culture, gender, and disability.

The exhibition brought together more than 150 costumes, props, videos, photographs, scripts and archival materials, making it the most comprehensive presentation of the group’s practice to date.