MOD ART – an art exhibition on subculture.
In songs such as “Painter Man” (The Creation 1967) or “David Hockney’s Diaries” (TV Personalities 1982), a certain affinity between mod culture and the visual arts is palpable. In the song “Art School” (The Jam 1977), the young Paul Weller even declares being a modernist to be an art form in itself. In a group exhibition with works by:
TOBI DAHMEN | CARSTEN KNAPPE | PAUL MÜLLER-RODE | MICHAEL PELZER | THOMAS BERGHAUS
we explore the interfaces between a subculture and the visual arts. In doing so, we celebrate over 60 years of mod culture in Germany.
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Opening hours:
Saturday, March 8, 2025, 5 – 8 p.m. (vernissage)
Music with DJs Dynamic Eric and Sir Faulker.
Friday, March 14, 2025, 5 – 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 15, 2025, 5 – 8 p.m.
Friday, March 21, 2025, 5 – 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 5 – 8 p.m. (Reading Tobi Dahmen)
Friday, March 28, 2025, 5 – 8 p.m. (Cologne Soul Weekender)
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 3 – 8 p.m. (Cologne Soul Weekender)
Friday, April 4, 2025, 5 – 8 p.m. (extended)
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 5 – 8 p.m. (extended)
Program
this is a new art school – MOD ART, an art exhibition on subculture.
March 8 – April 5, 2025
always Fridays & Saturdays from 5 to 8 p.m.
Vernissage:
Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Music with DJs Dynamic Eric and Sir Faulker.
Reading: Tobi Dahmen “Bicycle Mod”
Mods, skinheads, scooter boys – the British subculture also reaches the small town of Wesel, where Tobi grows up in the eighties and nineties. He becomes a mod, adopts their trendy style, listens to ska music and seeks recognition. The movement will never let him go, but the transitions to other subcultures are fluid – and dangerous.
Tobi Dahmen’s autobiographical coming-of-age graphic novel is a haunting tale about the love of music, youth culture and the danger of going down the wrong path.
Saturday, March 22, 6 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.)
Admission free, donation welcome
Unfortunately, we have very limited space and can only offer 34 seats for events. If you would like to make a reservation, please send us a (really binding) pre-registration to: post@art-of-buna.de
March 28 & 29 parallel to the Cologne Soul Weekender:
Friday March 28 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday March 29 from 3 to 8 p.m.