Calendar

opening hours:
Thursday 6pm to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 2pm to 6pm

Venue:
Allgemeiner Konsumverein Braunschweig
Hinter Liebfrauen 2
38100 Braunschweig

Kerstin Drechsel returns to the Konsumverein after ten years. In her works, the artist explores cultural, gender-specific and queer themes that raise questions about identity and intimacy in the context of social norms.

E-Werk (2016-2024) is painting, sculpture, design, installation and BJD trash. "Mobile batteries or transformers of a different kind are created, charged with queerness and feminist verve. You can discover club-wielding Neanderthal women, megaphones like breasts (or vice versa), the remains of an organ-shaped mother temple, but also pretty blue and white patterns that are superficially reminiscent of old English porcelain painting. Some of them become ornaments and cover the inside and outside surfaces of the boxes and crates like wallpaper. Lids and doors can be opened to reveal tableaux, model-like interiors that could serve as strange doll's houses. Everything is hybrid. A picture is a piece of furniture is a room..." (Werner Müller/Zwinger Gallery Berlin)