European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Daily Magazine Michel s Grasshopper lips Dew from faded dandelion in this Pencil drawing. It triple pity on the hangups saturday no Ivory 1 1969 in Krog a i Vyt co Lar cof a i lamp flow right off the Canovi i i stars and Stohs maybe Leonhard s laughing lady sees something funny in two myopic sparring rhinos. By James Gunter staff writer no hang Side by Side the Watercolours a of Peter Kroeger the Pencil draw Ings of Oswald Michel and the pop Art creations of Leo Leonhard is to Point out the extreme divergence of style Amon present Day artists in Germany. Yet a certain kinship in the work of Kroeger and Leonhard is apparent in a current exhibition of the works of the semen. Both Are fascinated with the sexuality of female flesh and s heavily textured drawings lie in a totally different Corner of theart world. Here is at least one modern artist who has trained himself to draw pictures with consummate skill. Without any tricks or sensationalism Michel evokes admiration for his detailed close up of a cabbage or his View of a grass Hopper among the dandelions. Michel s drawings of a Sunset Over the desert a ship caught in the ice and a Mountain Lake might Well have been Donea Century or More ago however he occasionally brings us up do Date with a architectural scene or a pattern of television antennas on the exhibit will be shown until feb. 23 at the Darmstadt Kun Thalie where the Bright caricatures of Kroeger Are first to sock the visitor in the Eye wit their easter egg hues and fanciful Pat terns. Kroeger sometimes applies paint to a wet surface so that it runs into frazzle edges like the roots of fragments the surfaces of his faces and disorient the elements of his nudes. Leonhard also fills his deep Frame concoctions with paintings of nudes in provocative poses arranged in groups of circles and ovals and mingled with mirrors or parts of Chiba dolls under screen wire or Glass. His montages Are filled with symbolism fierce Savage Mouths and Rhinoceros horns and look rather Pale alongside the wild colouring of Kroeger. C put 11
