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Works on paper.

A line can become a figure, a space or a movement. Drawings and coloured works on paper reveal the openness of this thinking. Michael Plötz continued sketching through 2020; many individual sheets remain undated.

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50 works

An elongated grey-brown composition on a beige ground with layered organic shapes, curved lines and small green areas.

Folded traces

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Framed black-and-white drawing of two elongated intertwined figures with flowing parallel contours.

Two contours

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Framed blue-grey drawing with an upright branching figure above three broad curved shapes on pale paper.

A line takes shape

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Framed black drawing with a large ring on the left, an eye-like form on the right and a tapering central silhouette.

Eye and echo

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Pale vertical work on paper with grouped black dots, reddish vertical marks and irregular grey-brown forms.

Fragments on paper

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Blue angular organic forms and two blue discs against red curved shapes on a warm pale ground.

Blue against red

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Spare abstract study with red and blue curved shapes and thin black arcs on pale paper.

Room around a line

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Pale grey organic forms on a blue-grey ground, meeting around a small textured red mark.

A red interruption

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Loose abstract study with spreading blue lines and round forms beside red-orange curves on cream paper.

Colour that spreads

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Surreal study of a pale vase and small red flower above a rounded red and white landscape of roof-like forms.

Above a small world

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Abstract study with yellow circles and an oval, red tapered shapes and flowing blue and black lines.

Yellow intervals

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Brown-orange abstract wash crossed by bold black curving and angular strokes on pale paper.

A dark curl

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A figure in one line

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Dense abstract study of interlocking red and blue shapes with black outlines, a pale central form and small yellow areas.

Interlocking colour

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Black line drawing of a complex fanciful figure with face-like details, pipes, curls and rounded forms.

A crowded outline

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Red wing-like shape crossing a small blue diamond, with blue and black curves on pale paper.

A red wing

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Compact black-outlined biomorphic figure with cream interior areas and small red accents.

A figure folded inward

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Black geometric line study with pointed overlapping forms and small hatched areas on beige paper.

Angular flight

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Angular green, yellow and red forms enclosed by irregular grey-blue washes on pale paper.

Inside a blue surround

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Interlocking red and blue organic bands outlined in black around a pale central opening.

Red folds, blue lines

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Compact abstract study in pink, blue, black and dark red, with curved borders and a central angular form.

A tilted balance

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Dense black drawing of fragmented organic shapes and small object-like marks on pale paper.

Black fragments

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Grey drawing with a tall narrow figure-like form, a small upright object to its left and a dark circle below.

A distant presence

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Vertical monochrome shaded study of an elongated form beneath a broad horizontal shape, with faint surrounding lines.

A suspended form

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Grey shaded drawing of an upright figure surrounded by wide concentric curving bands.

Rings around a figure

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Monochrome drawing of a stylized figure beside a pool, with a sign reading Nicht vom Beckenrand springen.

At the pool edge

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Grey drawing of a reclining figure enclosed by rounded, layered dark contours.

A body in a hollow

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Blue drawing of a kneeling stylized figure with a tall pointed head form and a cluster of small floating shapes.

Blue inventions

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Bright orange and red abstract study with sweeping blue and violet curves and two dark rounded areas.

A warm current

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Dark figurative study with pale contour lines over layered brown geometric shapes and a violet outer border.

A figure on a small stage

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Deep blue abstract study with a pale horizontal curved form at the top, a central red form and broad blue-green curves.

Across the blue

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Geometric abstract drawing with violet, black and red angular shapes linked by thin curving outlines.

Planes and curves

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Black-outlined orange and cream abstract form with pointed corners and several pale openings.

An orange turn

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Pale looped organic drawing outlined in black, with small red and blue interior shapes.

Loops around a centre

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Looped pale abstract form with blue, red, brown and green areas and a black outline.

Colour in the folds

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Abstract drawing of red and black curved forms inside a thin angular framework.

An open framework

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Green oval eye-like form with a black outline, thin stick-like extensions and two small green circles below.

A green glance

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Abstract figure-like study with a blue-green centre, broad black lower curve, red dots on branching lines and a red angular shape.

A small constellation

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Pink-grey biomorphic figure outlined in black with curled extensions and small circular details.

A pale silhouette

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Pale blue-grey spiral and purple diamond inside a black angular frame with small circular joints.

A spiral held in place

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Red bow-like triangles across a pale rounded form, with fine black lines, a small circle and a short chain of dots.

A red crossing

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Pale blue, grey and red abstract study with round forms on the left, small black dots and a thin upper line.

Circles and a drifting edge

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Stylized pink figure with long curved blue-grey limbs, black pointed hands or feet and a long angular upper extension.

A figure in motion

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Soft green, pink and yellow organic forms outlined in black, with a long pointed ochre curve above.

A quiet cluster

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Pink-grey rounded abstract form containing fine branching black lines and a dotted blue-grey area.

Branches within a form

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Two separate violet and blue biomorphic shapes outlined in black, with dark circular details and small dots.

Two shapes in conversation

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Stylized pale pink face with dark eyes, doubled black side contours, a red neck-like structure and a black pointed lower shape.

A face held by lines

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Three elongated pale leaf-like forms with black outlines beside red rounded and pointed shapes.

Three pale leaves

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Orange-brown organic study with a large oval upper curve, looping lower forms and fine dark contours.

An earthy enclosure

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Soft blue and red irregular central form surrounded by pale grey and violet contours on textured paper.

A small island of colour

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