Helene B. Grossmann: Share the Light

Helene B. Grossmann: Share the Light by Raimund Thomas and Christoph Vitali presents an exploration into the art of Helene B. Grossmann, who draws on a great tradition of light painting. She creates works of light and colour whose impact unfolds far from any representationalism.

This volume presents for the first time a comprehensive overview of her oeuvre and shows how the artist arrives at her powerful compositions. Nature, in ever-changing light, is Helene B. Grossmann's source of inspiration. Through abstraction and the application of countless layers of paint, she arrives at the distinct glow inherent to her works.

In both small and large formats, she captures the fluid phenomenon of light on canvas in a wide variety of colour diffractions. An unobstructed space opens up for the viewer, giving rise to intimations of landscapes, tableaus, and spatiality.

The basis for each and every painting is the artist's sketchbook. In it, she lays out a first general outline of the composition by means of colour planes and lines. In doing so, she often artistically reflects on masterpieces of painting and takes up the particular lighting used in them.