Katharina Grosse

Following the first spray paintings in the late 1990s, the spray gun began to overshadow the brush as Katharina Grosse's tool of choice in her paintings. Paint is sprayed and rains directly onto the canvas or initially forms a mist in the air that only gradually settles on the painting’s surface. As a cloud of spray, the paint takes on a different texture and material density than paint applied employing high pressure or a brush. Katharina Grosse exploits the differing effects to make areas of color waft and blur or settle in an angular manner. Sometimes thin-threaded drips form, which refer to the standing or lying position of the painting’s support when it was being sprayed. Through the use not only of cold colors, but also iridescent, as well as neon ones, the interplay of colors is able to achieve further dimensions. The work emphasizes how important point of view is in the perception of both a painting as well as the world in general.