Gun­ter Da­misch: Parts of the Who­le

The work of the Austrian artist Gunter Damisch (1958–2016) represents a unique cosmos that oscillates between sculpture, graphics, drawing and painting. His pictures contain colorful structures and shapes that are sometimes reminiscent of looking through a microscope. They show a section of the big picture that the artist captures at a certain moment. The picture titles poetically complement the narrative moment.

This level unfolds its wealth of forms not only in the artist's paintings and drawings, but is also transferred into three-dimensionality. Here the microcosm suddenly develops into a self-contained macrocosm that creates new worlds of cones, flowers, stems or even animal bones from the artist's passion for small finds from nature. Cast in bronze and aluminum, they become a piece of eternity.

The basis of the monographic exhibition in the Forum Würth Rorschach are 42 works by Gunter Damisch, which have been part of the Würth Collection for many years and also represent one of the most important focal points of the collection – Austrian art.