Karl Valentin 2006
The mournful knighf of Munich 2006 fall winter. An art man discovered in smoky beerhouses in Munich. A black humor expert having his own way of expressionism. A leader defined by his plays, films, music, sketches and a life made up of many lives. A special man bringing the house down at Munich cabarets for forty years and very well know by world intellectuals. A man surviving with his grinder workbench by sharpening knives and sickles in his neighborhood after withdrawing to his house later in 1942.
a breath ending with asthma orisis. l create new cutting forms of pants inspired by his fine legs. l imagine, draw and form various designs calling them Karl Valentin. Black humor turns into black costumes. While each irony creates a detail and form, special accessories out of round lines, different buttons, table tennis balls, metal wires and papers tell about him and me.