This may look like an innocuous Berlin hallway, but it belongs to Hauptstrasse 155 in Berlin’s Schöneberg district. Those not versed in the mythos of David Bowie, allow us to elaborate: this is where Bowie lived with Iggy Pop during his storied Berlin years.The photo is the work of Joachim Seinfeld, who is presenting it as – more
This may look like an innocuous Berlin hallway, but it belongs to Hauptstrasse 155 in Berlin’s Schöneberg district. Those not versed in the mythos of David Bowie, allow us to elaborate: this is where Bowie lived with Iggy Pop during his storied Berlin years.The photo is the work of Joachim Seinfeld, who is presenting it as part of a group show called A Tribute to David Bowie HAUPTSTRASSE: The Berlin Years 1976 – 1978. The exhibition is held at Egbert Baqué Contemporary Art until June 1st. Seeing as 2013 is the year of Bowie, with his shocking re-entry into the music world with The Next Day and a sold out career retrospective in London’s V&A, it makes good sense that Berlin, the seat of his most creative period, should also be celebrating. “A man lost in time near KaDeWe…”