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until 07.12. | #4509ARTatBerlin | Galerie Deschler show from 12. November 2024 the exhibition SALOMÉ 1974-1984, HdK bis MoMA of the artist Salomé.
The first part of the exhibition, on the occasion of Salomé’s 70th birthday, provided an overview of Salomé’s work of the past fifty years.
In a second part, the exhibition now focuses on the crucial first ten years of his career, from the year he began studying art at the Berlin University of the Arts in 1974 to his participation in an exhibition at MoMA, New York, in 1984—a truly impressive trajectory.
Salomé (whose real name is Wolfgang Ludwig Cihlarz) is regarded as one of the most significant representatives of the free-spirited and diverse generation that profoundly shaped the wild West Berlin of the 1970s and 80s. His works reflect the energetic and rebellious punk atmosphere that defined Berlin during that era. The emphasis in these early works is on the depiction of an unabashed physicality and liberated sexuality, particularly an openly lived and displayed homosexuality, as well as his joy in cross-dressing (“Still Life for a Transvestite,” 1976).
Vernissage: Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Exhibition dates: Tuesday, 12 November – Saturday, 07 Dezember 2024
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Image above: Salomé, Stillleben für einen Transvestiten, 1976, Courtesy of Galerie Deschler, Berlin
Exhibition Salomé – Galerie Deschler | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
