A series of gouaches by Ragna Braase, created between 1973 and 1975, provides the basis for the group exhibition where Braase’s works serve as a lens for the other artists, bringing the materiality and colour of the individual works into focus.

The other works in the exhibition all share Braase’s intensity of material which can be explored through glass, ceramics, silver, textiles, concrete, salt as well as rope. Like Braase’s works they may possess an element of impenetrability that can feel alluringly mystical, but they are not symbolic. The works are specific and derive their character from their materials, which they can almost be said to perform.

Text: Philip Pihl, art historian