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Peppi Bottrop Tropic of Bottrop

03.05.24 – 21.07.24 Kunstverein Oldenburg

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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 …

Tropic of Bottrop
Peppi Bottrop Tropic of Bottrop 2024

Installation views, Photos: Tino Kukulies

M:Tranquilitatis
Peppi Bottrop M:Tranquilitatis 2023
charcoal, graphite, metal pigments, acrylic medium on canvas steel framed 170 x 130 cm
M:Aristarchus
Peppi Bottrop M:Aristarchus 2023
charcoal, graphite, metal pigments, acrylic medium on canvas 85 x 85 cm
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