{"id":4269,"date":"2026-09-09T21:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2026-09-09T21:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:56:46","slug":"studio-54-night-magic-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/?p=4269","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Auf der Maur: My \u201890s Rock Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From acclaimed Canadian musician Melissa Auf der Maur comes a photographic love letter to the last analogue decade. As bass player for iconic \u201890s alternative rock bands Hole<\/em> and The Smashing Pumpkins<\/em>, Auf der Maur toured the world, documenting life backstage, onstage, and in the crowd, amassing a personal archive of more than 10,000 images. These intimate photographs celebrate the independent spirit of the \u201890s, offering an insider’s view of the decade before smartphones and digital recording. Presenting a selection of more than 200 photographs, the exhibition stands as a moving self-portrait of a young artist living through the \u201890s music scene, a time capsule of Generation X and a reference for future generations. The exhibition is co-curated by Sophie Hackett, AGO Curator of Photography and Jim Shedden, AGO Curator, Special Projects & Director, Publishing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melissa Auf der Maur: My \u201890s Rock Photographs <\/em>is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario, and will be accompanied by a hardcover book, co-published by AGO and DelMonico\/D.A.P. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Press Release - Raw and contemplative, Melissa Auf der Maur: My \u201890s Rock Photographs opens September 2 at the Art Gallery of Ontario<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Press Release - A backstage pass to the last analogue decade, Melissa Auf der Maur: My \u201890s Rock Photographs opens September 2 at the AGO<\/a><\/h3>\n
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From acclaimed Canadian musician Melissa Auf der Maur comes a photographic love letter to the last analogue decade. As bass player for iconic \u201890s alternative rock bands Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins, Auf der Maur toured the world, documenting life backstage, onstage, and in the crowd, amassing a personal archive of more than 10,000 images. These intimate photographs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4292,"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions\/4292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agopressroom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}