Jürgen Drescher
Jürgen Drescher's artistic work is characterised by a concern with everyday objects, which he transfers either directly – in the sense of “objects trouvés" that are already transferred by the artist's gesture into "ready-made" objets d'art. His videos are similarly produced in that he puts existing film material into new contexts and gives it a new interpretation. Since the 80s Jürgen Drescher has taken everyday objects and situations as his departure point for investigating contemporary modes of existence. For some years now, Jürgen Drescher has been combining this practice with an approach characterised by scepticism and mistrust of social regulations and commercially orientated agreements. He initially attracted attention with his aluminum casts of everyday objects, which are essentially hyperbolic sculptural metaphors. The alienating effect of the casts reevaluates the familiar objects and invests them with new layers of meaning.
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aluminium cast
31.5 x 11.81 in (80 x 30 cm) -
polyurethane, chrome lacquer, steel
76.77 x 39.37 in (195 x 100 cm) -
styrodur, PU-coating, varnish
39.37 x 39.37 in (100 x 100 cm) -
aluminum sandcast
37.01 x 33.86 in (94 x 86 cm) -
styrofoam, epoxy-resin, chrome coating
43.31 x 39.37 in (110 x 100 cm) -
bronze wax casting
39.76 x 23.62 in (101 x 60 cm) -
aluminum sandcasting
32.68 x 18.9 in (83 x 48 cm) -
aluminum, wax casting
59.06 x 50 in (150 x 127 cm) -
acrylic resins Acrystal®, paint metal
19.69 x 19.69 in (50 x 50 cm) -
epoxy resin, pigment
19.69 x 80.71 in (50 x 205 cm) -
epoxy, palladium-plated
39.37 x 23.62 in (100 x 60 cm) -
aluminum sandcasting, screw clamps
79.13 x 45.67 in (201 x 116 cm)