Jutta Koether Books

Die Publikation erscheint anlässlich der Ausstellung „Katrin Plavčak. Human or Other“ in der Secession Wien

The catalogue offers a systematic and chronological overview of Koether’s multifaceted oeuvre. It goes back to her beginnings in the context of Neo-Expressionism in Cologne in the early and mid-1980s, and her subsequent exploration of the colour red as an expressive device – presenting a response to the cliché of male painters. After moving to New York in the early 1990s, Koether began making breathtakingly intense and colourful large-scale paintings that layer motifs from pop culture, literature and art history in dense painterly gestures. In the early 2000s, Koether’s approach became increasingly involved with performance and music, culminating in inky black canvases and assemblage paintings incorporating devotional objects from punk and noise culture. The final chapter is dedicated to Koether’s eccentric turn to history painting and her latest appropriations from art history’s visual memory. Tour de Madame is the first in-depth survey show dedicated to her work, and will present the astonishing and spectacular scope of her paintings to the public for the very first time.

"Kairos als Fülle der Zeit bedeutet, dass das Unbedingte in einem bestimmten Moment der Geschichte in die Zeit einbricht und sie mit einer unbedingten Forderung erfüllt." Das ist ein Moment, der hinter der schönen Aussicht liegt und vor dem rhythmisierten Tun. Kairos spricht in vielen Stimmen von und über Katrin Achinger, William S. Burroughs, Larry Clark, Guy Debord, Diedrich Diederichsen, Kim Gordon, Pierre Klossowski, Mrs. Benway, Gertrude Stein, Neil Tennant, Tom Verlaine oder Andy Warhol.