Archive / In-situ works
In 1998, after painting with large brushes directly onto walls, I started to use the spraying technique in my in-situ works, as it allowed me to paint more easily across architectural structures. I experimented with both techniques the following years within the context of multiple exhibitions. Inextricably integrated into the wall, the paintings are opened up into the third dimension by the concrete space of the architecture. When the viewer steps into the room, first one sees my work a whole. Once the the viewer moves further into the room, one is moving within the work.
Image 1 Katharina Grosse, Cool Puppen, acrylic on wall, 2002, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023 / Photo: Olaf Bergmann Image 2 & 3 & 6 Katharina Grosse, o. T., 2001, acrylic on wall, Artsonje Museum, Gyeongju, Südkorea © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023 / Photo: Werner J. Hannappel Image 4 Katharina Grosse, o. T., 2003, acrylic on wall, Karlsruhe / Meyer Riegger Galerie © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023 / Photo: Heinz Pelz Image 5 Katharina Grosse, o. T., 2000, acrylic on wall, Museum Moderner Kunst/ Stiftung Ludwig Wien © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023 / Photo: Christian Wachter Image 7 Katharina Grosse, o. T., 2001, acrylic on wall, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023 / Photo: Ori SInger Image 8 Katharina Grosse, o. T., 2003, acrylic on aluminium, concrete, glass, and plastic, Berlinische Galerie, Fred-Thieler-Preis © Olaf Bergmann Image 9 Katharina Grosse, o. T., 2003, acrylic on wall, Frankfurter Kunstverein / © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023 / Photo: Wolfgang Günzel