November 1 - December 14, 2019
““Brilliant Dilletantes” was the deliberately misspelled title of a concert that took place on September 4, 1981 in the Berlin venue Tempodrom. The title has come to stand for a brief era of artistic renewal in West and East Germany in the mid-1980s, a period when people in all the arts explored new paths and innovative forms of expression.To illustrate the extraordinary innovative spectrum of this subculture, the exhibition Brilliant Dilletantes presents the protagonists and venues of artistic milieus in different regions throughout Germany, offering insight into a rich variety of networks, as well as exploring the broad spectrum of artistic concepts that emerged from this period.”
Image credit: Die Tödliche Doris dressed as allegorical figures at the Festival Genialer Dilletanten, Tempodrom, West Berlin, 1981. Photo: H. Blohm, Archiv: Die Tödliche Doris
Opening: October 26, 2019 | 6:30–7:30 pm
Talk on Punk Rock's Cold War insurrections with David Ensminger at 6:30pm
Artist talk: November 13, 2019 | 6:30–7:30 pm
Artists talk on Berlin in the years 1989-1995 with Danielle de Picciotto at 6:30pm
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