2024 Madras Cologne
Rainer GROSS DOUBLE TAKES - MADRAS – TWINS April 19 – May 18, 2025
Jean-Luc and Takako Richard are pleased to present Rainer Gross's fifth solo exhibition
Galerie Richard has been exhibiting the artist's work since 1990. This latest show displays several related bodies of work: MADRAS, DOUBLE TAKES – NYC, MADRAS – COLOGNE, and TWINS. The exhibit combines works on paper, digital photographic images, and traditional painting – both abstract and photographic work.
The new MADRAS series evokes the depth of a colorful weave. Juxtaposed layers of translucent, opaque and saturated paint creates a vibrant interplay. A chromatic dialogue immediately catches the eye. As always with Gross’s work, the layering process, created over time, is of paramount importance.
DOUBLE TAKES NYC are photo-based works on paper, depicting iconic New York City images layered and doubled. They are representational extensions of the TWINS body of work.
The abstract TWINS paintings consist of pure pigments and oil paint, in which the composition, hue and texture of the surface is reflected on side-by-side canvases, a technique perfected by the artist. By harnessing chance and random occurrences in the creation of his TWINS paintings, Gross relinquishes some control over the process.
Rainer Gross was born in Cologne in 1951 and moved to New York City in 1973. He now lives and works on the North Fork of Long Island, New York. He has exhibited internationally for over 50 years. Most recently, his work was included in the International Art Biennial, Wuhan, China (2024), the Nassau County Museum, New York (2024) and is presently on exhibit at the Ludwigmuseum Koblenz, Germany. In 2012, the Ludwig Museum Koblenz presented a retrospective of his paintings spanning four decades. In 2017, he took part in the Beijing Biennale as a representative of Germany. He has had solo exhibitions at the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts (Lausanne, Switzerland, 1984), the Krannert Art Museum/Kinkead Pavilion (Champaign, Illinois, 1998), Kunsthalle Emden (Emden, Germany, 1989), Galerie Krief, Paris ( FIAC 1983 and gallery 1985). Gross's paintings are included in such public and private collections as the AT&T Corporate Art Collection, the Cohen Family Collection, the Hirschhorn Collection (Washington DC), the UBS Union Bank of Switzerland, the Museum Pfalzgalerie (Kaiserslautern, Germany), the Stadtmuseum (Cologne, Germany) and the Lowe Art Museum (Miama, Florida). His work has been reviewed by The New York Times, Art in America, ArtNews, Arts Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, The Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and Kunstforum among others.
