MUSEUM RITTER - Karl Duschek

The tradition from which Karl Duschek’s work became understood is Constructive-Concrete Art. A main issue in his painting is the figurative representation of complex structures in a simple form language. Herein lies a reference to the theories of Max Bense, who delivered his thoughts in an important philosophical foundation for Concrete Art. The constructive-concrete image language is a system of signs capable of setting forth complex interrelations quadratically. In his series, Duschek represents the relationship of the individual parts to the whole. In them, the same principle is brought to light under changed conditions.
A counterpart with the same title as Codierung mit Quadraten (Codification with Squares) exists, in which the order of the individual forms is exactly repeated, yet the relationship to the painting surface differs. Together, all images in a series are the expression of a superordinate world model that brings its specificity to view in the individual painting.


1947		born in Braunschweig
1964		Training as the lithographer
1967		Studies at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
1972		Cooperation with Anton Stankowski in a graphic studio in Stuttgart
since 1980		Guest lecturer at schools, universities, academies and symposia
1986		Guest lecturer at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Braunschweig and the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart
1990		Realization of a public art project, prizewinner of the Museum für Gestaltung Basel
1991		Appearance and publishing of the magazine Kunst und Gestaltung eins, supported by the Art fund Bonn Prize of the city of Vienna for the best poster of the year, 1992
1993		Prize of the Kreissparkasse Esslingen - Nürtingen
1998		Member of the Deutscher Werkbund, the art group Konstruktive Tendenzen and the Society for Art and Design, Bonn lives and work in Stuttgart