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138 works

Geometric oil painting with a large black triangle and red circle against blue. Grey and cream bands form a stepped central structure; a curved black shape sits below.

The Temples of Hope

Tall oil painting in green and blue. A pale circular form hangs between two diagonal black lines above layered, wave-like bands. Pale crossed lines run along the lower section.

Somewhere – Nowhere

Paintings · 1987

The thoughts hang in the air

Paintings · 1981

Oil painting of two interlocking, rounded dark blue forms edged in cream against a black and grey background. A narrow red shape occupies the space between them.

Blue Love

Tall oil painting with overlapping pink and lilac planes around an irregular dark central shape. Fine red lines converge from the left. Black areas and blue diagonal lines frame the upper and lower edges.

V8

Paintings · 1987

Oil painting of an angular cream and red interior with black triangular openings. A pale blue sphere sits near the bottom of a fine vertical black line. A diagonal band crosses the space behind it.

A Brief Eternity

Oil painting dominated by orange, ochre and red. A yellow-orange figure with a visible face appears seated at the centre, surrounded by curved red forms and green branching shapes on the left.

The Woman in Paradise

Paintings · 1981

Oil painting with overlapping blue-green loops, angular grey shapes and red outlines against ochre and black. Triangular openings punctuate the forms, while curved red bands extend to the right.

Noname

Paintings · 1984

Oil painting in dark green, blue and turquoise, with overlapping curled forms, dark openings and a thin pale line descending from the upper left.

The Beam

Paintings · 1983

Geometric oil painting in grey, violet and brown, with an arched opening, stepped planes, rounded channels and strong black outlines.

A World Full of Plans

Paintings · 1983

Oil painting with interlocking red and rust-coloured curves, yellow and orange planes, black triangular openings and dark contours.

Form and Light

Paintings · 1983

Dark blue and green oil painting with two ochre shapes flanking a narrow vertical blue passage, tall dark divisions above and fine root-like lines below.

Green Silence

Paintings · 2005

The Face

Paintings · 1983

Vertical oil painting of broad green organic shapes, pale crossing curves and layered blue-green folds, with dark gaps between the forms.

green

Paintings · 1989

Oil painting with a large folded red mound in front of a dark rectangular block, a separate black horizontal shape above and a blue-green band across the background.

The Displacement

Paintings · 1981

Oil painting of folded pale green and ochre bands with sharp triangular points, dark blue openings and leaf-like forms.

Structural framework of meaning

Paintings · 1983

Narrow oil painting filled with rounded ochre and golden-brown forms, soft tonal transitions and darker curved borders.

Yellow

Paintings · 1981

Oil painting of an ochre head-like structure with an open blue gridded top, thin vertical bars below, pale rounded forms at its base and two small wall panels with green branching lines.

The way things are

Paintings · 1982

Blue oil painting with a rounded fish-like form across the centre, a looping pale outline above, dark diagonal planes and an irregular light band near the top.

Life between day and night

Paintings · 1983

Horizontal oil painting of an ochre room with tilted square outlines in the foreground, a purple plane on the right and a smaller framed arrangement of coloured shapes on the back wall.

A surreal spectacle

Paintings · 1983

Oil painting with rounded red and purple forms around a black opening on a dark green ground. A pale branching, feather-like form crosses the upper red shape.

The anatomy of broken horns

Paintings · 1982

Vertical oil painting with rising yellow-green forms and a yellow disc above a central meeting point; pale root-like lines spread through a dark blue-green geometric shape below.

Tarot

Paintings · 1991

Expressive oil painting of a dark grey face with an open mouth against a red-brown background, with a sweeping black and grey form at the left and visible brushstrokes.

The End of Humanity

Paintings · 1981

Very wide oil painting with a long green organic form narrowing at the centre, small red marks along a horizontal line, dark red upper and lower areas and an ochre background.

Everything flows

Paintings · 1985

Narrow oil painting of overlapping dark green curved forms with blue-green and ochre edges around an irregular black opening.

Bioform

Nearly square oil painting of dark grey architectural planes around a vertical blue strip, with a small curved red form suspended between the walls.

The leap downwards

Paintings · 1982

Horizontal blue-grey oil painting with rounded flowing borders, two blue rectangular shapes, a small green circle and irregular pale areas with a rough, broken appearance.

High and low tide

Paintings · 1982

Vertical red and pink oil painting with a long rounded red form, an inward spiral, a black central opening and a narrow angular structure at the right.

A real stunner

Paintings · 1981

Oil painting on a pale grey ground, with stacked and interlocking ochre and brown rounded forms, black openings and angular pieces suggesting an ambiguous figure.

Please do not fly without a hat

Paintings · 1982

Narrow oil painting with a hanging ochre-green curved form between dark upright structures, red planes above, a blue-green lower band and pointed shapes near the centre.

All is natural

Paintings · 1982

Horizontal oil painting on a near-black ground, with a thin pale pink looping outline around branching red lines and a red form; low blue-grey shapes line the bottom.

Z1

Paintings · 1983

Dark oil painting with blue-grey organic forms on a near-black ground, including a slender stem with a rounded cluster at the left, an arching folded form and broad lower curves.

The destruction of humankind by humankind

Paintings · 1981

Vertical oil painting with muted red and pink curved forms, a pale narrow opening and strong black contours around the central shapes.

Lost your face

Paintings · 2002

Oil painting with a large rust-red rounded area, a sweeping dark curve edged in pale pink, a smaller inner loop and ochre-brown shapes at the sides.

Hades

Paintings · 1996

Vertical oil painting with rounded red-brown forms around black openings and a small pale grey drop-like shape near the centre, tapering into a thin line.

Let it grow

Paintings · 2002

Vertical painting in cool blues with dark curved chambers, a pale central passage and thin converging lines.

Hope

Painting with dark rounded forms, three blue circles, coral red points and a pale green angular band.

three little Planets

Square painting of a pink oval enclosure containing a blue diamond and dotted marks, surrounded by broad coloured curves.

V2

Deep blue painting with two large dark silhouettes and a pale curved opening near the lower right.

Blue silhouettes

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Colour photo-based composition showing people around an outdoor table, with a rectangular black-and-white image covering the central person's face and upper body.

A picture within the gathering

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Tall narrow dark painting with softly glowing circular and branching forms in muted reds, greens, yellow and pale blue.

Nightward forms

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Vertical painting with crossing red structures, rounded green forms and a small blue opening near the lower edge.

An Error

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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Pale vertical painting with a small dark rectangular opening outlined in muted red, surrounded by blue folded forms.

An opening held

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Vertical painting with nested red curves around a green central shape and a bright yellow-green sweep across the top.

Sweetheart

Painting with upright pink figure-like shapes and thin stems tipped with red against a dark blue background.

Who Is Blushing?

Broad painting with red architectural curves, paired white upward forms, pale turquoise areas and a grey clouded sky.

A painted threshold

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Vertical painting with sculptural blue shapes, an ochre angled plane and a pale fan of fine lines at the right.

Keep a Lookout

A close exchange

Family archiveDescriptive title

Michael Plötz seated with an open book or magazine, surrounded by houseplants, patterned fabric and audio equipment.

An afternoon indoors

Family archiveDescriptive title

Michael Plötz seated on a rocky shore looking towards the camera, with his son Daniel Plötz facing away in the foreground and water behind.

At the water's edge

Family archiveDescriptive title

Painting on a pale textured surface with a large red ring, red downward trails and part of a blue curve in the lower left.

Loss

Ochre and brown painting with folded angular planes, a dark central recess, small pale marks and a blue strip at the right.

Freedom Itself

Green painting with broad flowing yellow-green forms, darker rounded shapes and a lighter yellow area below.

Ende des Winterschlafs

Geometric painting in red, blue, black and pale cream with circles, triangles and broad curved shapes.

On the Rise

Vertical painting divided between dark cool curves and ochre forms by a narrow irregular warm-coloured band.

Close Together

Horizontal painting with pale upright openings at the top, broad blue and mauve curves and a downward red point.

Beginning and End

Dense vertical painting with overlapping blue-green, pink and ochre organic contours, fine internal lines and layered forms.

The View Outside

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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Horizontal painting with a pink zigzag near the top, a pale yellow-white edge and three small light forms suspended in blue.

Field of Tension

Vertical painting with large red and orange rounded forms enclosing a violet centre beneath a dark band dotted in pink.

Red enclosure

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Vertical painting of a large pointed red form around a narrow dark slit on a pink-violet background.

Last think

Near-square painting with intersecting red structures, blue planes, a yellow disc and a red-violet curling form.

End of the Beginning

Tall narrow painting with flowing green bands, pink and ochre areas and dark oval marks.

Part of the Whole

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

Fragments on paper

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Vertical painting with a sweeping ochre band, a yellow disc, radiating lines and a dark eye-like shape within curved red-brown areas.

it’s a day dream, be happy !

Framed vertical painting with overlapping yellow-green folded forms against deep blue.

V7

Tall painting with dark vertical bands above pale blue and warm curved edges, with a fine triangle in the lower pale field.

Thirteen Years Earlier

Vertical painting with strong blue angular and curved bands around a central rounded form, edged by red and pale ochre.

Timeless

Tall narrow painting with dense green and dark branching contours, pale openings and red accents.

A dense green passage

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Vertical black-and-white photograph of a crouching figure facing a doorway, with a standing figure inside and reflections in the glass beside the entrance.

Across the doorway

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Black-and-white street photograph of people seated outside a bar beneath a large SPORTING BAR sign on a weathered building facade.

The corner table

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Vertical black-and-white photograph of a lone dark-clothed figure walking across a cobbled open space beside pale buildings.

Across the cobbles

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Black-and-white photograph of a person in a doorway beneath two diagonally rising stairways, with a small sign reading MÄNNER above the door.

Beneath the stairs

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Black-and-white photograph of several people beside an outdoor table covered in objects; one person leans towards the tabletop while others stand nearby.

Among the stalls

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Black-and-white photograph of two figures, one adult-sized and one smaller, moving near water with tall grasses in the foreground.

Through the grasses

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Vertical black-and-white photograph of a person wearing a light sleeveless top seated against the front of a car, with other parked vehicles behind.

Among parked cars

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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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Black-and-white montage on a pale sheet combining a large face wearing glasses and a dark cap, a street scene, a mechanical object, a hand and smaller printed strips.

The portrait assembled

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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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Monochrome experimental image with a dense cluster of overlapping pale circles, a larger pale disc above left and scattered small light marks against a dark background.

Circles in a dark field

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Black-and-white photograph printed within an oval-shaped opening against a dark surround, showing several figures at different heights indoors.

Inside the oval

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Vertical black-and-white photograph of a partly broken building facade with a doorway, a window containing pale objects and rubble across the lower foreground.

An exposed facade

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Black-and-white photograph of a silhouetted person near a bright doorway or window, with patterned glass to the right and an open umbrella visible below.

Between shadow and daylight

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Black-and-white photograph of a weathered wall covered with German notices, torn posters, fragments of lettering and patches of worn plaster.

The wall as a page

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Black-and-white photograph of two people seated on the ground beside a reclining dog, with bicycles leaning against a rough wall behind them.

A pause beside the bicycles

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Vertical black-and-white photograph of a corner restaurant building with shuttered upper windows, facade lettering, a person on the pavement and road markings in the foreground.

The street corner

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Vertical black-and-white photograph of a standing person with hands resting on the head of a seated person, with a crowd visible in the background.

Hands in a crowded room

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Brass and shadow

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Vertical black-and-white photograph of a rounded parked car in front of a steep uphill street lined with multistorey buildings and overhead wires.

The rising street

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Horizontal black-and-white photograph looking through a dark covered passage with repeated beams and supports towards a bright opening and a small distant silhouetted figure.

Towards the light

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Vertical black-and-white photograph looking upwards through a fruiting plant, with round fruit, branching stems and curling leaves silhouetted against a pale sky.

Fruit against the sky

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Vertical black-and-white photograph of a triangular gable wall with two upper windows, dark weathered plaster, vegetation near the base and a pale vertical streak down the facade.

Two windows in a worn wall

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