Katharina GROSSE (1961)
Mekanism. Aerosols on skateboard. 79 x 29 cm. Signed and numbered 58/100.
Note: Katharina Grosse (German, born 1961) is a painter known for her use of acrylic spray colours in large-scale installations and smaller works. Originally from Freiburg, Grosse studied at the art academies of Munster and Düsseldorf with Johannes Brus, Norbert Tadeusz and Gotthard Graubner.
Grosse uses compressor spray painting, combining garish colours in horizontal and vertical structures.
Exhibitions: she has exhibited in New York, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Milan and Basel, among others. Her work is included in the collections of the Kunsthaus Zürich, Istanbul Modern, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Centre Pompidou and the Museum of Modern Art.
