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Colour on Brush in Space
Ruth Campau (b. 1955) is among the defining figures of contemporary non-objective painting in Denmark. Her works emerge from an intense engagement with colour, space and the act of painting itself. Campau does not conceive painting as a finished image, but rather as an open process that unfolds in the immediate relationship between artwork, architecture and viewers.
Characteristic are her vertically guided, elongated traces of colour, applied with a gesture that is both powerful and precise. These arrangements structure space, respond to architectural conditions and alter the perception of colour and form depending on the viewer’s position.
The exhibition presents Ruth Campau’s largest solo presentation in Germany to date and offers a concentrated insight into central groups of works as well as into the development of her artistic practice.
On the ground floor, a walkable, site-specific installation with Campau’s characteristic vertical, gestural brushstrokes on…
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Press Release
Colour on Brush in Space
Ruth Campau (b. 1955) is among the defining figures of contemporary non-objective painting in Denmark. Her works emerge from an intense engagement with colour, space and the act of painting itself. Campau does not conceive painting as a finished image, but rather as an open process that unfolds in the immediate relationship between artwork, architecture and viewers.
Characteristic are her vertically guided, elongated traces of colour, applied with a gesture that is both powerful and precise. These arrangements structure space, respond to architectural conditions and alter the perception of colour and form depending on the viewer’s position.
The exhibition presents Ruth Campau’s largest solo presentation in Germany to date and offers a concentrated insight into central groups of works as well as into the development of her artistic practice.
On the ground floor, a walkable, site-specific installation with Campau’s characteristic vertical, gestural brushstrokes on…


















































































