Groß, Sabine

Untitled (white cube), 2008

Epoxy resin, polystyrene, paint
73 × 73 × 112 cm


Acquired in 2010

Acquired by the Stiftung Junge Kunst e. V. in 2010, Photo: Achim Kukulies © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Sabine Groß is interested in the parameters within which art is produced and received. She uses various media and materials and prefers digital and mechanical production processes to direct handwriting. The white cube alludes to minimalist objects, which, in the artist’s view, are “suppliers of some of those art formulas”—cube, pedestal, canvas—which are firmly anchored in our concepts of art. The white, reflecting cube marks the beginning of her artistic process, “a mixture of listening [Ger.: Zuhören] and ceasing [Ger.: Aufhören]” (2005), in the course of which an explosion destroys its flawlessness and draws the viewer’s gaze into a dark, fissured interior space.