The Berlin painter, draughtswoman and object artist Romy Campe - known in art circles as ROMY - occupies an unmistakable position within contemporary figurative art.
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Kunstwerk von Romy Campe
Kunstwerk von Romy Campe
Kunstwerk von Romy Campe
In her painting, inspired by the old masterly layer painting of Rembrandt, Caravaggio or Vermeer, she creates intense portraits with a strong psychological presence.
Countless finely glazed layers of oil lend the works depth, light and an almost trance-like aura. Some paintings are also provided with digital layers that become visible via augmented reality - a careful extension of the classical pictorial world into virtual space.
The focus is on people.
The portraits - of women, men or children - are as sensual and approachable as they are androgynous, surreal or mysteriously coded.
ROMY's figures often seem like beings from another sphere: between dream and consciousness, past and future, they seem to detach themselves from the canvas and reach out into space.
In addition to new paintings, the PURE ROMY exhibition also shows drawings, painting collages, objects and installations - works in which classical oil technique merges with mythical and symbolic elements. Transformation, hybrid beings, metamorphoses: ROMY's pictorial worlds are populated by figures that show the human condition in its intermediate states.
A special aspect are the ROMS - painting collages that have been animated through digital processing and can be brought to life via smartphone or tablet using augmented reality.
The exhibition leads through intermediate worlds - sensitive, powerful and profoundly present.
ROMY | PURE ROMY
Köppe Contemporary Gallery
Vernissage: 16 May 2025 | 7 pm
Exhibition: 17 May - 20 July 2025
