The Knife, 1969
ArtistRissa,
Chemnitz
*1938 MediumScreen print on cardboard
Image dimensions55 × 47,5 cm
Sheet dimensions69 × 59,5 cm
About the workKarin Götz, who produces art under the pseudonym Rissa, studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1960 to 1965; after graduating, she married Karl Otto Götz, who had been her teacher. Her pictorial inventions are characterised by the deliberate inclusion of chance. She either takes a direct look at an unusual situation in everyday life or combines various observations to arrive at a seemingly surreal figuration. Her motifs are formed from small, abstract, coloured shapes that make the objects appear even more unfamiliar.
AccessionKemp Collection Foundation
ProvenanceMärz 1970 erworben durch Schenkung von der Künstlerin;; 2016 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf)
Inventory numberKemp 1605
