Ruth Vidal

A new form of painting, Rothko in three dimensions, with folds in the canvaswood

2024

Ruth approaches the construction of the image from materiality and superposition. The form of her painting is chameleonic as it folds back on itself, hiding and revealing its own process. Her use of inflatable ink, transferring techniques from engraving to the field of painting, generates vibrant surfaces where monochrome acquires an enigmatic intimacy, in tune with the research on painting as an object carried out by Angela de la Cruz in “A painting trapped in its own body (2015)”, as well as influencing the exploration of the material-conceptual game of artists such as Anselm Kiefer. The works themselves guide us to understand the emotional charge involved in her process, with dozens of chromatic layers juxtaposed in each of the works. In her particular reflection on the evolution of abstract painting in the 20th century, the artist navigates through lyrical abstraction from Mark Rothko to Josef Albers, proposing an experience where the perception of color becomes a sensorial and almost tactile issue.