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    Sad Rainbow, 2014  
       
         
  Monika Goetz
 
 
 
 
 
 
  "Sad Rainbow",

Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin, 2014

   
In a rainbow the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side. The rainbow is caused by light being refracted when entering a droplet of water, then reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it. My rainbow has been sprinkled onto the paper by using a sieve and a brush. It has been deprived of its colorfulness, its main characteristic. The seven colors have been transformed into different shades of gray