Room text: Craig Kauffman (*1932–2010, USA)

Craig Kauffman developed his own artistic language between painting and sculpture. In the early 1960s, he began experimenting with vacuum-formed plastic, which he used to create wall reliefs with flowing, organic forms.

He often coated the translucent surfaces with lacquer. This allowed them to capture light and reflect it in various ways. Depending on the incidence of light and the viewing angle, the works appear transparent or dense, iridescent and spatially multi-layered. Kauffman’s works thus move between surface and volume, between painting and sculpture. He does not interpret light symbolically, but makes it immediately visible in the interplay of color, space, and perception.