The monograph of the artist Eduard Tauss presents the series Farbkörper and Offene Formen
which were created in recent years in an organic and material-gestural formulation. The paint
has freed itself from the pictorial carrier and by means of its own malleable substance
becomes an expression of itself and serves as the subject of its contemplation in the space.
Eduard Tauss' series of works arise in dialogue with or investigation of the material of
synthetic resin and are situated in the art-historical context of the extension of painting.
Angela Stief offers a precise and comprehensive examination of his artistic production while
Florian Steininger focuses on Tauss' paintings of Offene Formen. The essay Embodying Colour
casts light on the historical ramifications of the term autonomy of colour and Manisha Jothady
addresses the dissolution of the categorization of artistic genres. Paint which unfolds its
organic-sculptural potential and manifests itself as a gesture of material or color.
