Berlin, December 17, 2018 (kk) - Whether Geometric Abstraction or Op-Art: Lothar Quinte was a master in his field. The Berlin branch of Ketterer Kunst hosts a homage exhibition dedicated to the Silesian native from February 22, 2019. Around 30 select works from the most important work groups since the 1950s will be on display.

Lothar Quinte counts among the most exciting German representatives of Op-Art, but that's not all. The student of HAP Grieshaber created an oeuvre that is particularly convincing for its versatility - reinventing himself and his fine art time and again. His works are characterized by clarity, warmth and poetry.

While his veil- and window pictures examine questions regarding light and space, his work series of foldings and slit pictures focus on geometric figures. The latter group, in which the artist superimposed layers of bright colors on darker layers, are considered his most significant accomplishments. In the early 1970s Quinte's creation was dominated by the "Corona Pictures", as well as by a series of ripping- and Net Pictures", which tied in with gestural aspects of earlier works.

Lothar Quinte died at the age of 77 on July 29, 2000. His wife, the artist Sibylle Wagner-Quinte, made a bronze of her husband's deathbed pillow which she titled "Letzter Abdruck für L.Q." (Last Impression for L.Q.). The work will also be on display.

Following the opening address of "Lothar Quinte - Farbklänge, retrospektiv" on February 22, 2019 at 7 pm, delivered by Dr. Simone Wiechers, curator of the exhibition and head of the Berlin branch of Ketterer Kunst, Dr. Ulrike Lorenz, director of Kunsthalle Mannheim and designated president of the 'Klassik Stiftung Weimar', will deliver insight into the exciting oeuvre of the artist whom she knew personally.