Günther Filus (1935-2012), The Spectator, 1968

Günther Filus (1935 Berlin - 2012 Gottfrieding), The spectator, 1968. Etching, 25 cm x 31 cm (depiction), 53.5 cm x 37.5 cm (sheet size), signed in lead lower right and dated 1968, identified as copy no. 20 / 20 (?) lower left.
- in excellent condition  



- Reverse perspective -


An unclothed woman is sitting in a kind of box with a carved top. She holds a light bulb in her hand, as if she has just turned on the light, and may be pointing with her index finger toward the stage, which is also suggested by the curtain being drawn aside. For us, however, the perspective is reversed, and the drawn curtain reveals a view of the woman observing the tragicomedy of the world from her vantage point.



About the artist

Günther Filus was born in Berlin and studied painting and graphic art with Franz Nagel at the Munich Art Academy from 1954 to 1958. In 1959 he founded a graphic workshop in Regensburg, where he first made lithographs and from 1965 on etchings. Between 1959 and 1976, Günther Filu's works were shown almost every year at the major art exhibitions in Munich, in addition to his participation in numerous other exhibitions.