Since the beginning of his artistic work, Rolf-Gunter Dienst has used color as a picture-determining and sensually stimulating element. On closer inspection, the images reveal themselves as a tangle of abbreviations repeated like lines, reminiscent of East Asian characters, but naming or directly depicting nothing. The macro- and microstructure, which unite to form an overall sound, provoke a change of perspective. On (or under?) the pulsating surface, the scriptural abbreviations claim the viewer's attention, slowing his gaze and directing it to the energetic and narrative details.
After a phase in the 1970s and 1980s in which color increasingly evaporated and almost monochrome images emerged, the works of the last 15 years radiate a refreshing vitality, characterized by the dialogue of color surfaces and bands lying next to and among each other.