kerstin brätsch + das institut
Kerstin Brätsch is a German contemporary visual artist who often creates large-scale, highly abstract works that combine multiple media. She studied at the University of Art in Berlin and Columbia University in New York and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2007. She currently lives and works in New York.
Brecht creates large works that she exhibits in a particular manner. This is as far as possible from the standard form of exhibiting artwork. She hangs her works on magnets, inserts them in double glass frames and rests them against the wall, leaving them on the floor. Using this peculiar method of presentation, she combines a bit of performance art into her visual works.
In 2014, Bratsch was awarded the August Macke Prize. In 2017, Bratsch was awarded the second Edvard Munch Art Prize, which is a cash prize and a solo exhibition at the Munch Museum in 2019.
