The exhibition ‘The Room Behind It’ presents the newest series of works by Enrico Bach (*1980, DE) and the first solo show by the artist at Valerius Gallery. 

The painting series revealing seemingly cut-out shapes, explores space, composition, and color through dominant white forms set against colored canvases. These shapes suggest cut-out fragments, revealing layers behind and pointing beyond the painting itself toward the wall and exhibition space. The works treat painting as both illusion and object: not a surface carrying meaning, but meaning in itself. Depth emerges through breaks in form, line, and color, while contrasts - light and dark, warm and cool, soft and hard - define the surfaces. Soft, dissolving shapes are intersected by sharp, digital-like lines, introducing a dialogue between painting and contemporary screen-based imagery. These lines structure the compositions and guide the viewer’s perception.

Enrico Bach has studied Fine Art at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe. His works have been shown at the Guangdong Museum of Arts, Guangzhou, Start Museum Shanghai, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, the Würth Collection, Schwäbisch Hall, Sammlung Ritter, Waldenbuch, KUNSTWERK Klein Collection, Eberdingen-Nussdorf and the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, amongst others.