Portfolio

Retrospective

The creative process, of whatever sort, is always rewarding in itself. But I must admit that one often doubts its social relevance, especially when the product is an artwork, aside from the one assigned to it by the gatekeeper class for a select audience. No Pericles' visits to Phidias! Or the merchant class to the studio of Rembrandt. This has changed a bit, though, for those who have marketed their works online. But that is nothing intrinsically different; it is just replacing the middleman by the artist and involves all the work that the professional gatekeepers do. Moreover, nowadays art is viewed entirely as a commodity for the exchange of a volatile currency, where success is measured by the price tag attached to the artwork. I had feebly attempted to follow that path in my youth, but I soon realized that my artwork was entirely a personal exploration. I have not embraced any current paradigm, nor did I have a disruptive message for the world, or rather, the gatekeepers. The world is being disrupted enough.

I have rarely ever exhibited my work. My friends did it twice for me. I never had the time to deal with marketing my work because I had other necessary occupations, obligations, and interests. Add to that I had also some, perhaps culturally acquired or because of my upbringing, inhibitions following that specific path, besides, of course, the nagging doubt about its social relevance. However, I do get occasional messages from my fans, who have brought my works, to hear things that would dispel all the doubts an artist may have about his works. Indeed, it is surprising and a cause for joy to see some of my works being valued more than I myself ever did. In fact, it was this pleasant fact that made me want to publish my work.

Artworks banner and me in my studio apartment in Berlin 1997

The Portal

Geometry with light, tension & repose

Spatial Geometry
Depth & Proximity
Topology

140 x 120 x 4 cm
Acrylic on canvas
2018
Private Collection

A Multiverse of Primary Colors

Years After The Blackhole

Genesis of this artwork. Behind the scenes ➤

180 x 140 cm
Oil on canvas
2019

Aquatic Geometry

Spatial Geometry
Topology

100 x 100 x 4 cm
Acrylic on canvas
2009
Private Collection

Geometrical Topography

Spatial Geometry
Geometrical Optical Illusions
Depth & Proximity

Photo taken in broad daylight. Depending upon the source of light _ preferably from top front _ the wide ridges will appear to protrude out, creating an illusion of 3D.

80 x 100 x 4 cm
Oil on canvas
2011

Static & Rhythm

Spatial Geometry
Topology

140 x 180 x 4.5cm
Oil on canvas
2014

Spheres Emerging out of a Wavy Background

Spatial Geometry
Topology
Depth & Proximity

120 X 140 x 4.5cm
Acrylic on canvas
2014
Private Collection

Radiating- Reflecting- and Black-Bodies in Benighly Inclined Space

Radiating- Reflecting- and Black-Bodies in a Benignly Inclined Space

Spatial Geometry
Topology

180 x 120 x 6.5cm
Oil on canvas
2014

Exodus

140 x 140 x 6 cm
Oil on canvas
2014
Private Collection

Entzauberung der Welt

Disenchantment & Demythologization of the World

Of Homer & Hesiod, Aesop, the Parrot Book, Arabian Nights, Grimm & Anderson
Of Carolus Linnaeus and Max Weber
Of singing Sirens, dancing Mermaids and classified Cetaceans(Humpback Whale)

70 x 100 cm
Acrylic & Metal on canvas
2008
Private Collection

Textile Ballet

80 x 100 cm
Textile, carton and tempera
2009

Textile Blossom

80 x 100 cm
Textile, aquarelle, paper, acrylic and cardboard.
2009
Private Collection

Rhapsody in Red

54,5x97,5cm
Temnograph
Paper and tempera on carton.
1999
Private Collection

Inanna & Dumuzi

The Holy Marriage of the Deities of Rebirth & Vegetation. And who are probably the inspiration or sources of congenial cults (of Rebirth) in Near-East-Western Civilization; like Egyptian Osiris, Semitic Tammuz, Phrygian Attis, Syrian Aos, Graeco-Roman Adonis, Etruscan Atunis...

120 x 60 x 4cm
Oil on canvas
2013
Private Collection

Adam and Eve

A Tale from the Desert

Of angiosperms, reptiles and mammals

100 x 80cm
Acrylic and sand on canvas
2008
Private Collection

Bottleneck Eve, Jr.

A Tale from the Laboratory

about non-mitochondrial cyborgs, crispr gene-editing, bio-engineering, big data, neural networks, virtual worlds and of course quantum computing. All mindbogglingly occurring within a single human life span.

104 x 60 cm
Polyacryl, polyester, styrofoam, lacquer, electrical cables and consumer articles on hard board
2000

Mammalian Mom

100 x 100 x 4
Acrylic on canvas
2009
Private Collection

Mother & Child

Steatite: h.20cm
1988
Private Collection

Candlography

80 x 100 cm.
Candlewax, aquarell on paper
2009

Fresh & Open Waters 1

Scene 1 (daylight)

Two Cliff beauties pillage a perch nest. Holocanthus major and Cichlid Pterophyllum scalari

Temnograph.
The figures are cut out of a carton with a sharp knife. With varying backgrounds and light sources then photographed. The lights can be placed behind or in the front of the temnograph with quite different results. See the next slide for the results.

Nowadays however AI can do in seconds, what it took days for me to create, albeit with less control.

Temnograph
1992

Fresh & Open Waters 2

Scene 2 (night)

Two Cliff beauties pillage a perch nest. Holocanthus major and Cichlid Pterophyllum scalari

Temnograph.

A variation on the previous slide: Open Waters 1

Temnograph
1992

Explosive Emergence

After months long exhibit at one old famous factory building in Berlin, this piece of artwork, framed for the occasion, simply disappeared. The new owner got a good deal, signed and framed as a reward for a deed that some of us may have a hard time accomplishing.