Katharina Grosse
A painting is simply a screen between the producer and the spectator where both can look at the thought processes residing on the screen from different angles and points in time. It enables me to look at the residue of my thinking.
Katharina Grosse via gagosian.com
The painting tools of choice for Katharina Grosse (1961, Germany) are the application gun and the aerosol canister. There is no end of objects that she can put to service as media for her work: she uses canvases, strips of paper, walls, and ceilings, and even organic materials and large objects to paint on. The key theme in Grosse’s oeuvre is investigating the extent of the painter’s art. Her work takes shape within a predetermined time schedule, obliging her to make quick decisions. Hence, the painting, the movement of color, and the dynamic of the work are determined in the spontaneity of the moment.
