kai
althoff
A Cartography of the Imaginary: The World of Kai Althoff Kai Althoff, born in Cologne, Germany, in February 1966, is an artist who resists easy categorization. He isn’t simply a painter, sculptor, or video artist; rather, he's a conjurer of worlds—complex, layered environments that feel …
A portrait built from kai althoff's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.