A COLLECTION LIVES - VARIATIONS ON PAINTINGS FROM THE MUSEE CANTONAL DES BEAUZ ARTS LAUSANNE

» Rainer Gross is a painter. And that with verve and passion. His eye attuned to painting, he interprets 18th and 19th century painting purely painterly. With a fresh sweep of the brush he wipes out history and puts present in its place. In content, he keeps ironic distance to found themes because they only play a part in their possibility of getting hold of them playfully. He tells new stories with new colors and new references.«

Erika Billeter 1984