WOLFGANG BURAT: NO TEARS. PHOTOS 1980 – 1990
2011-11-21In 1980 Burat was a co-founder of the renowned legendary music magazine SPEX, and over the following decade (1980-90), he photographed musicians, bands, artists, concerts, backstage situations and fans for the magazine. NO TEARS presents a selection of unique vintage prints. It comprises intimate portraits of musicians such as Freddy Mercury, Martyn Ware/Heaven 17, David Byrne/Talking Heads, Nikki Sudden, Afrika Bambaataa, Paul Weller, Robert Smith/The Cure, Linton Kwesi Johnson, David Thomas/Pere Ubu, Kraftwerk or Archie Shepp.
Burat’s photographic gaze set the visual impact of this important magazine, and his oeuvre depicts a scene that is of utmost importance for many contemporary (visual) artists, for social and music history, pop theory and art history.
Opposite – Linton Kwesi Johnson, 1990
Exhibition runs through to December 23rd, 2011
Tanja Pol Galerie
Ludwigstrasse 7
80539
Munich
