Irmel Droese (b. 1943, Landsberg an der Warthe) and Felix Droese (b. 1950, Singen\/Hohentwiel) first met in 1970, when both were students in Joseph Beuys\u2019s class at the Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf. In a decades-long partnership in life and art, they have built oeuvres that, both each for itself and in dialogue with each other, scrutinize a rapidly changing reality. Irmel Droese creates expressive stage characters, sculptural oil paper figures, and depictions of humans on paper, while Felix Droese\u2019s diverse ensembles and large-format papercuts grapple with money, economic questions, and the rising predominance of commercial considerations. His art gained international renown with his participation in documenta 7 in 1982 and the 43rd Biennale di Venezia in 1988. Designed in close collaboration with the artists, the publication documents their separate and joint oeuvres, drawing attention to societal questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Tribute to the Artist Couple<\/strong><\/p>\n Irmel Droese (b. 1943, Landsberg an der Warthe) and Felix Droese (b. 1950, Singen\/Hohentwiel) first met in 1970, when both were students in Joseph Beuys\u2019s class at the Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf. In a decades-long partnership in life and art, they have built oeuvres that, both each for itself and in dialogue with each other, scrutinize a rapidly changing reality. Irmel Droese creates expressive stage characters, sculptural oil paper figures, and depictions of humans on paper, while Felix Droese\u2019s diverse ensembles and large-format papercuts grapple with money, economic questions, and the rising predominance of commercial considerations. His art gained international renown with his participation in documenta 7 in 1982 and the 43rd Biennale di Venezia in 1988. Designed in close collaboration with the artists, the publication documents their separate and joint oeuvres, drawing attention to societal questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11535,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,2212,2213,2217],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11536","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_cat-installation-art","8":"product_cat-painting","9":"product_cat-sculpture","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n