Artist: Irene Strese
Exhibition title: Irene Strese: PULLSH (Bremen Studio Grant 2020)
Venue: Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Date: March 14 – April 18, 2021
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and ©Künstlerhaus Bremen
PULLSH is like the ambivalent in-between moment of standing in front of a closed door. For months, exhibitions have been in a permanent state of tension with postponements and temporary closure that also influence artistic production. Open or close? Push or pull?
Irene Strese presents her work in the form of a site-specific installation, in which ambivalences within her artistic practice become visible: Handicraft and sculptural processes are juxtaposed and even intertwined with industrial materials, while traces from artistic and industrial production processes are revealed. The sculptural ensemble blends into a setting of small-scale ceramic objects and expansive elements.
Irene Strese (*1986 in Ivanovka, Kyrgyzstan) studied educational science in Hildesheim and received a master’s degree in art and cultural education in Bremen in 2014. She then studied at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen and graduated in 2019 as a master student of Prof. Andre Korpys and Prof. Markus Löffler.
Irene Strese, PULLSH, installation view, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Hold on to…, series of four panel paintings, ceramics and synthetic hair, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Hold on to…, detail, series of four panel paintings, ceramics and synthetic hair, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Hold on to…, detail, series of four panel paintings, ceramics and synthetic hair, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Hold on to…, detail, series of four panel paintings, ceramics and synthetic hair, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, PULLSH, installation view, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Saturn is closing, garden gate and artificial hair braids, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, o.T., ceramics, quartzite arctic green and synthetic hair, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, PULLSH, installation view, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Step on Broken Mountains, ceramic and quartzite arctic green, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Step on Broken Mountains, detail, ceramic and quartzite arctic green, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Hand On, Hand Off, ceramic, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, PULLSH, installation view, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, o.T., ceramics and quartzite arctic green, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, PULLSH, installation view, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Hold on to…, detail, series of four panel paintings, ceramics and synthetic hair, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Hold on to…, detail, series of four panel paintings, ceramics and synthetic hair, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Pendulum, ceramic and nickel-plated chain, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, Pendulum, detail, ceramic and nickel-plated chain, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Irene Strese, PULLSH, installation view, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott