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Break out your neon clothing, gold earrings and leg warmers. On Saturday, the Winnipeg Art Gallery will unveil the 80s Image, an exhibit that explores the rapidly expanding media landscape during the decade through paintings and still photography by Canadian artists.

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Break out your neon clothing, gold earrings and leg warmers. On Saturday, the Winnipeg Art Gallery will unveil the 80s Image, an exhibit that explores the rapidly expanding media landscape during the decade through paintings and still photography by Canadian artists.

The exhibit will open in conjunction with the WAG’s ‘80s-night bash for Nuit Blanche.

Here’s a sneak peek of the exhibit.

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The new fall exhibit, The 80s Image, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg on Thursday.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The new fall exhibit, The 80s Image, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg on Thursday.
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Catherine Maksymiuk speaks at the media preview of the new fall exhibit, The 80s Image, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg on Thursday.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Catherine Maksymiuk speaks at the media preview of the new fall exhibit, The 80s Image, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg on Thursday.
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Winnipeg Art Gallery Curator Andrew Kear.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Winnipeg Art Gallery Curator Andrew Kear.
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Marsha Whiddon, Theif, 1987. Oil, acrylic on plywood.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Marsha Whiddon, Theif, 1987. Oil, acrylic on plywood.
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General Idea's piece, AIDS.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS General Idea's piece, AIDS.
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Artist Cliff Eyland poses with his work at the new fall exhibit, The 80s Image, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg on Thursday.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Artist Cliff Eyland poses with his work at the new fall exhibit, The 80s Image, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg on Thursday.
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Robert Hole, Everything you ever wanted to know about Indians from A to Z, 1985.
Acrylic, rawhide, linen.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Robert Hole, Everything you ever wanted to know about Indians from A to Z, 1985. Acrylic, rawhide, linen.
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Sorel Cohen, Le Geste Qui Cache, 1990.
Black and white photography, painted panel, bronze text.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Sorel Cohen, Le Geste Qui Cache, 1990. Black and white photography, painted panel, bronze text.
Mikaela MacKenzie

Mikaela MacKenzie
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Mikaela MacKenzie loves meeting people, experiencing new things, and learning something every day. That's what drove her to pursue a career as a visual journalist — photographers get a hands-on, boots-on-the-ground look at the world.

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