About the Zeitgeist
2661 Michigan Avenue, Detroit MI
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313-965-9192
Friday 7-10p Saturday 12n-5p and by appointment
For more information, please contact us at gallery@zeitgeistdetroit.org or theater@zeitgeistdetroit.org.
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Just a mile from Detroit's beautiful abandoned Train Station on the outskirts of Corktown, The Zeitgeist Gallery and Performance Venue's vision is as rare, raw, and unexpected as the city itself. In 1997, Troy Richard bought the former Michigan Gallery to open a venue for the works of experimental playwrights. Along with producing classic avant-garde plays as well as original works, half the Zeitgeist space became a venue for art just as invested in the experimental. The Zeitgeist Gallery was inspired by the late Jacques Karamanoukian: artist, thinker, art dealer, humanitarian. Karl Schneider, a painter and sculptor, operated the Zeitgeist Gallery until 2001, when James Puntingam became curator.
Since its inception, the Zeitgeist has been proud to exhibit European artists such as Jaber, Rosemarie Kozcy, Stani Nitkowski, Sanfourche, Sendrey, Claudine Goux, Pascal Hecker, and many others. We have two exhibition spaces: the Main Gallery which shows our featured exhibitions, and the Bar Gallery which is indefinitely showing selected works from Jacques Karamanoukian's collection. Jacques' Wall is a permanent collection in the Bar Gallery and is not for sale at the present time.
The Zeitgeist also has a wonderful community of local artists like Diana Alva, John Elkerr, George Graveldinger, Roger Hayes, Robert Hyde, Charles Keeling Lassiter, Maugre' a.k.a. Maurice Greenia Jr., Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts, James Puntigam, Karl Schneider, Michael Loverich, and others whom we've been proud and priveledged to exhibit. Our regular artists participate in periodic visual jam sessions, open to the public.
The Zeitgeist looks for raw talent. Talent that is intuitive, dark, juicy, pure, untainted, and imaginative to the highest quality. Our main goal is to show the best art and produce the best plays we can find, working with artists who dig deep for their creation.
