They’ve been dubbed ‘the MTV generation’ and the ‘Forgotten generation’ (though now they’re in power: ‘forgotten no more’ we say). They are Generation X: those born between 1965 and 1980.

Generation X is a City Gallery Wellington exhibition at Te Papa. The exhibition features 50 artworks from one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant contemporary art collections, the Chartwell Collection. Started in 1974, the Chartwell is also Gen X, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Video: Samuel Rillstone