Ausstellung Gunter Damisch

Gunter Damisch: Exhibition of works on paper!

Galerie 422 Margund Lössl is dedicating a solo exhibition to the internationally renowned artist Gunter Damisch a solo exhibition focussing on his works on paper. From 5 April to 10 May 2025 both his graphic drawings and his paintings on paper will be presented. will be presented. The exhibition shows the diversity of an artist who tirelessly searched for new forms of expression until his death. new forms of expression until his death. As early as the 1980s, Damisch emerged as part of the ‘Neue Wilde’ (New Wild Ones) - an artistic movement movement that set new impulses with expressive, colourful painting.

Early on created fascinating pictorial worlds populated by mythical signs, winding paths and fantastic worlds. and fantastic worlds. His works on paper are characterised by a dynamic tension between line and surface, compression and dissolution. With a confident stroke, he creates powerful contrasts contrasts: light and dark, density and emptiness, structure and freedom. But Damisch's art did not remain static - his oeuvre was constantly changing. While in his early early works were dominated by extensive networks of paths and worlds, it was only later that the striking ‘Steher’ and “Flämmler” came to the fore.

In addition to classic drawings, large-format unique prints from the years 2010/11 will also be on display. Through the combination of different printing techniques - including etching, woodcut woodcut as well as relief and intaglio printing - unique works were created that document Damisch's Damisch's continuous artistic research process. We invite you to immerse yourself in Damisch's complex visual worlds and discover the development of an extraordinary artist whose work has lost none of its radiance to this day. lost none of its radiance