About

Anne-Lise Coste (born 1973 in Marignane near Marseille, France; lives and works in Sète) has worked with the technique of spray painting as a way of engaging with social and political issues since the beginning of her artistic career. Whether on traditional canvas or abandoned materials – plastic bags, packaging, wooden scraps, plexiglass, tires, or textiles – she uses lines, colors, and language as a way of imbuing these materials with a new reading and giving them active power.

In her comprehensive exhibition at Kunsthaus Baselland, Coste focuses on the central questions of her oeuvre. She …