Timeline

1941

Born April 25 in Leberec, Bohemia

1956 - 1961

Student: Werkkunstschule Krefeld & Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

1964

Co-founder of the Galerie Großgörschen, Berlin, Germany

1966

Published the manifesto “Kunst, die im Wege steht. Dithyrambisches Manifest”, Galerie Grossgorschen 35, Berlin; Galerie Potsdamer, Berlin

1968

Published the manifesto “Die Anmut des 20. Jahrhunderts wird durch die von mir erfundene Dithyrambe sichtbar gemacht”

1970

Recipient, Villa Romana Award, Florence, Italy

1971

Recipient, Deutscher Kritikverband-Award

1975

Published the first collection of poems titled “9 x 9”

1976

Professor at Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany

1981

Published a collection of poems 'Ich spiele...'

1982

Stage setting for the opera 'Vincent', Staatstheater in Kassel, Germany

Professor Summer Academy in Salzburg

1983

Stage setting for the opera 'Werther' Ulmer Theater

1986

Professor at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

1988 - 1989

Study for glass windows for the cathedral, Nevers, France

1991

"Retrospective 1963/1990" at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Moved to Berlin

Published a collection of poems 'Gedichte 1961/83'

Travelled to NY & published 'Tagebuch NY 1984'

Published a collection of poems 'Ich stand...'

First book of poems: '9x9'

Adjunct professor

Lives and works in Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe