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Benjamin Patterson

Info: Soul Music is the title of an assemblage by the African-American musician, composer, performance and visual artist Benjamin Patterson, who was born in Pittsburgh in 1934 and died in Wiesbaden in 2016. Soul music, the development of this musical genre, is closely linked to the struggle of the American civil rights movement against racial segregation and for equal rights. The elements of the assemblage with the eponymous title combine to form an overall picture in which themes such as colonialism, racism and social injustice resonate. Despite playing a central role in the founding of Fluxus, Benjamin Patterson did not receive the artistic recognition in the USA that he and his work deserved until much later. (…) In July and August, visits to the gallery are by appointment only.