Seattle Art Museum Hosts Kurt Cobain-Themed Exhibit

Seattle Art Museum Hosts Kurt Cobain-Themed Exhibit

Kurt Cobain is one of the most enduring and resonant cultural figures ever to call Seattle home. Sixteen years after the Nirvana frontman’s death, the Seattle Art Museum is hosting an exhibit of art inspired by Cobain, as the Fader points out.

The show, simply titled Kurt, runs at the SAM from May 13 to September 6. According to curator Michael Darling, the show “asks viewers to question why and how Kurt Cobain came to mean so much to a generation”.

Pieces range from Scott Fife’s carved cardboard Cobain bust to Gillian Wearing’s video of herself dancing to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”. Other artists in the exhibit include Rodney Graham, Douglas Gordon, Alice Wheeler, Elizabeth Peyton, and photographer Charles Peterson, who shot Nirvana’s early years. You can see a slideshow of pieces from the exhibit here.

On Friday, May 14, SAM hosts an opening talk featuring Darling and Cobain biographer Charles R. Cross.

via Pitchfork

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