MAY 5 – 29 2010
PETER BRÖTZMANN (GER)
Graphic Work (1964 – 2010)
Opens Wednesday May 5, 6-8pm
In association with the 2010 Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Peter Brötzmann (b.1941) is a German composer, musician, visual artist and graphic designer. After studying painting and graphic design at the Werkkunstschule in Wuppertal and applying his trade at an advertising agency, Brötzmann established himself as a leading exponent of improvised music. As a musician he has been influenced both by free jazz, as well as by the conceptual interventions of the Fluxus movement, with which he was associated in the mid-1960s. Dissatisfied with the agenda of commercial art galleries, Brötzmann has maintained a mostly private, but prolific output of visual work along with creating graphic work to accompany his musical recordings.
This exhibition situates Brötzmann’s graphic practise alongside his broader artistic practise, and in particular his activities as a free (jazz) musician, activities for which he is best known, and with which much of his graphic work has been associated, at least since the late 1960s. The focus of the exhibition will be graphic work produced for the important independent music label FMP (Free Music Production) and includes original prints of posters, LP covers and book jackets, woodcuts, drawings and objects as well as ephemera from Brötzmann’s personal archives.
Peter Brötzmann makes his Australian debut performance as a guest of 2010 Melbourne International Jazz Festival. For info and full program go to www.melbournejazz.com
2/141 Flinders Lane
Well this ain't his debut Melbourne performance, played out here in about '87 with Peter Kowald on bass!
Well this ain't his debut Melbourne performance, played out here in about '87 with Peter Kowald on bass!
