Sediment
Sediment I + III, 2019
Inkjetprint auf Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth, auf Alu Dibond kaschiert / inkjet print on Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth mounted on Alu Dibond
84 x 60 cm + 160 x 160 cm
Sediment I + V, 2019
Installationsansicht Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf / installation view Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
Inkjetprint auf Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth, gerahmt / inkjet print on Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth, framed
125 x 90 cm + 125 x 65 cm
Sediment V, 2019
Installationsansicht Setareh Galerie Düsseldorf / installation view Setareh Gallery Düsseldorf
Inkjetprint auf Plakatpapier, auf die Wand geklebt / inkjet print on wallpaper, glued to the wall,
280 x 117 cm
Sediment VI, 2020
Inkjetprint auf Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth / inkjet print on Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth
84 x 60 cm
The work comes from a series of microscopic images of pigment sediments deposited in Julia Gruner's painting water after rinsing her paintbrush. When magnified a hundredfold, the washed-out paint particles, which accumulated at the bottom of the container and were deposited when the water evaporated, look like sediments or mysterious rock layers made from potentially precious substances. Julia Gruner is deliberately referencing the mineral origin of conventional paint pigment. Mineral substance, clays of different colours. And even finely ground semiprecious stones once formed the basis of any painting. The almost scientific investigation and greatly enlarged visibility of these sediments makes us aware of the actual material substance that makes up painting. In this context, it seems paradoxical that the artist only uses synthetic acrylic paints, which in actual fact no longer contain mineral particles. Additionally, the method signifies a consolidation, a concentration of Julia Gruner's previous works – she creates, if you will, archaeological evidence of her work as a painter. –Felix Fischer