Franz Stein's "Feels Like Spring" captures the rhythm of afterimages at König Galerie

König Galerie present Feels Like Spring, a solo exhibition by Franz Stein in the Chapel of St. Agnes, the artist’s second exhibition with the gallery. Franz Stein’s paintings are created through a multi-stage, process-oriented approach. He begins by pouring paint onto the canvas, usually diluted with water and consisting of remnants from previous works. The act of pouring paint onto a pictorial surface has a long tradition in art history, with artists who practice it seeking to relinquish control and allow the flow of paint—rather than controlled brushwork—to determine the pictorial act. For Franz Stein, further steps follow this initial pouring. The treated canvas is subsequently overpainted in white. Applied in varying thicknesses, the white allows the underlying layers of color to show through with differing intensity, creating a vibrant surface. The white field—uneven and at times embedded with lint or small fragments from the studio environment—f