Between 1987 and 1989, Stephan Dillemuth lived in Chicago on a stipend from the state of Bavaria, where he currently lives. During his time in Illinois, the artist made series’ of wall assemblages, collages, and vitrines, which he collectively refers to as Diskodekorationen (disco decorations) influenced by the house music that had been defined in the Midwest city, and which he encountered first-hand while residing there in the late 1980s. These pieces are located between the artist’s early painting after studying at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, and his return to Germany’s Rhineland where he started the influential artist-run space Friesenwall 120 in Cologne in 1990.
Curated by Saim Demircan