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<p><b>(English / German / Spanish)</b><br> OttoZitko is known for his concept of drawing executed from a painter'sperspective. The seemingly endless continuous line he applies tolarge-scale canvases, sheets of paper, and walls has established itselfas a recurring constant which sometimes dissolves into pure painterlyarrangements.</p> <p>This publication collects not only Zitko's earlyoil paintings on canvas, carbon reverse glass paintings, large-formataluminum panels, and current works, but also his many space and wallinstallations, created in situ in different locations since the early1990s. Richly illustrated and supplemented with a contribution by UlrichLoock and a foreword by Hemma Schmutz, the book traces Zitko's artisticdevelopment and documents the changes in medium, as well as in drawingand painting materials, across his oeuvre.</p> <p>Otto Zitko lives andworks in Vienna and was recently awarded the Cultural Prize for theprovince of Upper Austria. In 2019, the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz willdedicate a solo exhibition to Otto Zitko. Retroprospektiv represents aforward-looking view that also incorporates the past.</p>