Description

Kerstin Dreschels' (born. 1966 in Reinbek, Hamburg) watercolor-like oil paintings are distinguished by their sensuality and remarkable sense of relaxation. Trained as a set designer, the artist arranges her mostly large-format paintings into installations, adding sculptures and modules resembling furniture, and imprinting segments of the surrounding space. Her groups of works tell stories of people and places in everyday, big-city life. The artist focuses on the private sphere, as well as intimacy in the public space, while at the same time, she deals with the question of identity in the context of social norms, dominant concepts of beauty, and manifold images of women. This publication is the first to present an overview of the artist s visual contributions to the gender discourse and cultural history in recent decades, and also features many essays by well-known theoreticians.
Exhibition schedule: SEPTEMBER, Berlin Vane, Newcastle-upon-Tyne