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Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse (1961) is considered one of the most important female artists in the world. As a female protagonist she has made it all the way to the male-dominated summit of the art world. Grosse lives and works in Berlin. She studied under  Gotthard Graubner  and  Norbert Tadeusz , and also held a professorship for painting at the prestigious Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Grosse’s innovative art attracts attention and recognition from around the world, something that can be seen in the countless exhibitions at prestigious institutions and her participation in the most renowned biennials including the Venice Biennale. She has also been distinguished with a great many art prizes. Famous collectors and major museums have purchased Grosse’s work for their collections, including the Deutsche Bank Collection, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Kunsthaus Zürich, and Hanover’s Sprengel Museum, to name just a few.  Katharina Grosse is famous for both her indoor and outdoor installations as well as for her distinctive canvas and graphic pieces. Her unusual style typifies complex abstract painting, exceptionally color-intensive and featuring lots of layers. Her spray-gun technique creates white patches and breaks now and then between the layers of the image, irritating the observer and at once making her images appear to vibrate.   “ Everything...