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Crash – A site-specific commission

Architecture is the starting point for the abstract, geometric drawings, paintings and wall paintings of Lothar Götz. In this site-specific intervention, for the 17 metre high staircase in the building of the Hanover Kunstverein, Götz developed a wall painting which reflects upon human movement in staircases. Imagining many people going up and down at the same time and their directions of views or destinations subsequently crashing at several points, 
the wall painting starts at feature points of the staircase and through following lines along the wall it fills the space with different coloured triangular shapes until the whole staircase turns into a massive kaleidoscope of coloured shapes.
 The different colours give every floor a slightly different appearance and creates an ever changing experience going up or down. Götz work is a constant play with space, rhythm and form. Elements of form and architectural details of spaces become integral parts of the works he develops. By engaging with architectural form through the addition of colour, Götz reinvents how we experience space.

This site-specific work was commissioned for the east wing of the building of the Hannover Kunstverein and Stiftung Niedersachsen in Hannover, Germany, one of the most celebrated art spaces in the city. This is the most recent of such projects others include - Ministry of Justice, London, Westminster College, London, Haymarket Metro Station, Newcastle, Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof in Gerrmany.