I find myself continually fascinated by the work of artists who very literally paint outside the lines.  Artists like Margie Livingston and Laura Moriarty use paint as a medium for sculpture, who see beyond paint applied to canvas to what else these aqueous pigments can be.  German artist Katharina Grosse paints across spatial planes, creating psychedelic landscapes which push and ignore our perceptions of boundaries.

Our realities are really all about perceptions– each person’s reality is different depending on their perceptions.  When we were in Friday Harbor last weekend, we received wildly different answers to the question “What is it like to live on the island?” Because of their own unique experiences, each person we asked had a completely different answer.  Their perceptions had shaped their reality.

Grosse’s work takes the process of “painting” off the canvas and onto any surface, often ignoring spatial boundaries.  Her installations cause us to change how we perceive reality through her eyes and perhaps changes our perceptions permanently.

If you’d like to see more of Katharina Grosse’s work, please visit her website.  Have you seen any interesting installations lately?  Perhaps ones that pushed boundaries?

All images via the artist’s website.