Constructive tendencies
The artist group constructive tendencies is an association of constructive- concrete working artists.
The group was founded in 1983 and has since organized numerous joint exhibitions at various institutions at home and abroad. The founding member and nestor of the constructive tendencies was the graphic designer Anton Stankowski , who took an active part in the group's activities until his death in 1998.
In the mid-1980s, the following artists were members of the group: Klaus Basset, Rolf Bodenseh , Karl Duschk , Karl-Heinz Franke , Hans Geipel, Rainer Holzapfel, Waltraut Huth-Rössler, Herbert W. Kapitzki, Frieder Kühner, Horst Kuhnert , Günter Neusel , Christa Roesner-Drenhaus, Max Schmitz , Peter Staechelin , Anton Stankowski , Herbert Volz , Hermann Waibel and Heinz Witthoeft.
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 1985 Gallery of the City of Mainz
- 1986 Heilbronn Art Association
- 1989 Center of Arts, Cairo
- Representation of Lower Saxony, Bonn
- 1990 LG Gallery, Stuttgart
- 1991 Kunstverein Kirchzarten
- 1992 Culture Gallery under the Tower, Stuttgart
- 1995 Gallery at the Fischmarkt, Erfurt
- 2003 Society for Art and Design , Bonn
- 2005 City Museum Gelsenkirchen
literature
- constructive tendencies . Cat. With texts by Peter Staechlin and Klaus Basset, o.O., 1985
- Squares . Constructive tendencies from Germany's southwest. Exhibition cat. with texts by Leane Schäfer and Stephan Geiger . City Museum Gelsenkirchen, 2005.