VAN HORN

Ulrike Schulze

Info: A rhythm of incorporation and release permeates Ulrike Schulze’s works like breath. In the exhibition Inspire Expire, it seems as if the rigid, fragile bodies are imbued with a monstrous vitality. Each breath is accompanied by an invigoration and a loss. In this way, these bodies and the traces inscribed on them resonate with the human, living body, yet the compositions of raw materials such as modeled, fired ceramics, wood, bronze, and glass elude immediate classification. The interplay of meaning assignment and radical devaluation shapes the perception of the works. The eye feels rather than recognizes. The fine, glazed paint and the modeling of the material take place on the same preverbal level. Here, color is not an addition but part of the formation, merging with the surfaces. (…)