Peppi Bottrop Tropic of Bottrop
03.05.24 – 21.07.24 Kunstverein Oldenburg, Germany
(En)
The solo exhibition Tropic of Bottrop forms as a reflection on destruction, rampant growth and the emergence of new complexities and orders. Known in his student days as “Peppi from Bottrop”, the descriptor eventually solidified into subject: Peppi Bottrop. Referring to his origins in the Ruhr region of Germany, it also evokes the association with structural crisis. The Punk movement is one contemporary reaction to the social consequences of such crises in industrial society, and its original …

Peppi Bottrop Tropic of Bottrop 2024
Installation views, Photos: Tino Kukulies





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