Paul Druecke

Camp Cleveland

2010, Installation view, Spaces, Cleveland OH

Come.

2010, installation views: Green Gallery, photo credits: Dean Johnson and helen Grace Coggin

Poor Farm

2012, installation view: Poor Farm

Poor Farm

2012, Publication for Unveiling Ceremony

This Is Not History

2014, installation view: Whitney Biennial, inset detail views

Garden Path

2014, installation and detail views: Lynden Sculpture Garden

Shoreline Repast

2017, installation view: O’Donnell Park as part of Sculpture Milwaukee

Shoreline Repast

2017, photo credit: Margaret Noodin

Welcome. Home.

2018, installation view: Mississippi R. St, Louis The Luminary Residency

Are Keys to the City

2019, installation view and details: St. Kate’s Hotel

Bursting Heart

2019-2022 installation view: Woodland Pattern 42 year anniversary exhibition

Bursting Heart

2019-2022

America Pastime: My Litter

2020-ongoing

America Pastime: Quadruple Portrait Caution Tableau

2020-ongoing

America Pastime: Portraits

2020-ongoing

America Pastime: Inclined Portrait

2020-ongoing

Project Index | Feature video: America Pastime: Day Ledgers

Paul Druecke is an artist and writer.

His work was included in the 2014 Whitney Biennial and anthologized in Blackwell’s Companion to Public Art. His ongoing project “America Pastime” was featured in the New York Times Five We Recommend series. Since 2018, Druecke has produced and directed Milwaukee Kitchen, described as “the antidote to modern cooking programs (and everything else).” Druecke’s work combines sculpture, poetry, photography, video, painting, a love of the urban landscape, and championing the overlooked. Full bio here.

Career Highlights

This Is Not A History 2014 Whitney Biennial Druecke (Copy) (Copy)

A suite of three landmarks produced for the entrance bridge of the Breuer Building in conjunction with the 2014 Whitney Biennial.

96th Street Aperture 2014 Druecke (Copy) (Copy)

A bronze sculpture in the form of a double-sided historical plaque installed at 96th and Broadway, NYC. The piece was part of Marlborough Gallery’s Broadway Morey Boogie.

A Social Event Archive 1997-2007 Druecke (Copy) (Copy)

ASEA foreshadowed social media’s now-familiar blurring of personal and public history. The project was the focus of a solo exhibition at Milwaukee Art Museum 2017.

Milwaukee Kitchen 2018 - Ongoing Druecke (Copy) (Copy)

Milwaukee Kitchen is a made-for-Youtube cooking program with the motto: always staged, never rehearsed. The program has been described as, “. . . the antidote for modern cooking shows (and everything else).” by M. Wild.

Poor Farm 2012 Druecke (Copy) (Copy)

The Poor Farm is installed in Manawa, WI., on the site of a historic Poor Farm recently transformed into a contemporary cultural center. The piece is featured in Wiley and Blackwell’s Companion to Public Art.

Are Keys to the City 2019 Druecke (Copy) (Copy)

Also known as the Poet’s Welcome, the project was commissioned by St. Kate’s Hotel for their main reception area.

Current Activities

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Aug 1, 2023

Milwaukee Kitchen meets Grape Eater

Aug 1, 2023

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Aug 1, 2023

Jun 4, 2023

America Pastime: Day Ledgers

Jun 4, 2023

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Jun 4, 2023

Milwaukee Kitchen Ep 18 Coffee and Wine

Jun 4, 2023

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Feb 7, 2023

America Pastime - Field & Street - LitterInc

Feb 7, 2023

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Feb 7, 2023

Feb 7, 2023

Milwaukee Kitchen Ep 17 Stir Fried

Feb 7, 2023

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Feb 7, 2023

Nov 6, 2022

MK's new Kitchen Minute Series

Nov 6, 2022

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Nov 6, 2022

Nov 2, 2022

Bursting Heart debuts at Woodland Pattern Retrospective

Nov 2, 2022

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Sep 2, 2022

Milwaukee Kitchen Ep 16 Rutabaga Medley

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Sep 2, 2022

AP Field & Street chaplet -- now available

Sep 2, 2022

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Sep 2, 2022

May 12, 2022

Woodland Pattern Poetry in the Park -- New Season

May 12, 2022

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May 12, 2022

Project Index

Welcome Home Field Study St. Louis MO Druecke (Copy) (Copy)

Brightest Stars Shine but Briefly 2009 (Copy) (Copy)

The project debuted at the Transmodern Festical in Baltimore, MD in 2008 and was commissioned for the Dark Fair at the Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne Germany in 2009.