Albrecht Dürer: Renaissance Dude is the debut stand-up show from art historian Kitty Walsh. It’s a comical, interactive, look at the life and times of
Albrecht Dürer, a man she argues was the German Renaissance’s coolest dude.
Art historian and comedian Kitty Walsh presents her debut stand-up comedy show, Albrecht Dürer: Renaissance Dude. More than just an expert talking about pictures, this multimedia piece repackages art history for the millennial age. Expect interactive art competitions, comedic asides, angry rants and some weird costume choices as Kitty Walsh “infotains” her audience through a fact-packed show about the birth of the modern age.
Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker and diarist who lived through one of the most fascinating periods in human history. He saw the Europeans begin to colonise America, the printing press become commonplace and the Reformation cause debates across Europe. With in-depth looks at some of Dürer’s most bizarre, most iconic and most beautiful pictures, Kitty Walsh will prove why Dürer deserves a place in the A List of Art History All Stars.
You’ll learn how Dürer has so much in common with Kitty’s own millennial generation as she talks about Dürer’s gap year, his invention of the nude selfie and how the printing press changed his society as much as the internet has changed ours.
You’ll hear about:
· magical wonders of the New World,
· filthy religious propaganda,
· the ancient rivalry between the rhino and the
elephant,
· the differences between the perfect body North and South
of the Alps.
Come and be entertained at a show from an art historian who believes
doggo memes and potato prints are as important as old master paintings.
KITTY WALSH
Kitty Walsh has worked as an independent art historian for leading galleries
and auction houses for almost a decade, and has degrees from the University of Cambridge and UCL. She runs the folk art business Modern Folk.
Venue 50, C Cubed | 12.45pm | (50mins) | 3-28 August (not 15)
