Wallpiece 300 x 420 cm, 1996
Kunstmuseum Bonn,
Polished wall paint, 3 parts

Wallpiece 220 x 840 cm, 1995
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Wallpiece 18" x 24", 1994
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The polished wallpieces are created by removing an extremely thin layer of paint with all its irregularities, about one-tenth of a millimeter thick, from the wall surface. By sanding the wall down numerous times using increasingly fine sandpaper, the wall beneath, which is covered with emulsion paint, is polished to a high gloss. The picture is created not by applying material but by removing it. The polished surfaces of the wallpieces mirror sections of their surroundings and alter their composition according to the position from which they are contemplated. The refined composition of the surface dissolves the boundary between the massive character of the wall and the space in which it is contemplated.

K. S.