Ten in-depth interviews with Katharina Grosse on the artistic themes in her work such as the haptic image, reversal, repetition, interruption and the invisible
Over a period of two years, German artist Katharina Grosse (born 1961) and author Klaus Dermutz met in the artist's Berlin studio to conduct a series of conversations. This volume brings together all 10 interviews that delve deeper into central themes of Grosse's practice.
KATHARINA GROSSE (*1961 in Freiburg i. Br.) has held professorships at Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin (200009) and Kunstakademie Dusseldorf (201018). Her works are represented in numerous international collections. Most recently, the Albertina in Vienna presented her solo exhibition Why Three Tones Do Not Form a Triangle, 202324) and currently the Centre Pompidou Metz is staging three large-scale in-situ works (Déplacer les étoiles, until February 2025). Grosse lives and works in Berlin and New Zealand.
KLAUS DERMUTZ (*1960 in Judenburg, Austria) is an author and publicist in the fields of visual arts and theater. Since 1990, he has published in Die Zeit, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Theater heute, and others; from 200109 he was co-editor of Edition Burgtheater. He has written numerous books on theater, e.g., on Andrea Breth, Otto Sander, Klaus Michael Gruber, Christoph Marthaler, Peter Zadek; he has also published of a volume of conversations with Anselm Kiefer.