There he studied object- and product design under Professors Christiane Maether and Ulf Hegewald, specializing in painting technique and drawing.

Retro-art painting technique is reminiscent of Pop art, with intensive strong colours and a reduction and simplification in its presentation.

“Classic” Pop art generally uses two-dimensional images from comics or advertisements to depict (American) symbols as icons of folk culture.

In contrast, Retro-Art uses three-dimensional representations and adopts a critical standpoint on current issues and trends in youth culture and lifestyle.

Depending on the particular theme, he selected simple objects in daily use (e.g. cigars, punching bags, cars) and portrayed them in an unusual way.

For example, in the cycle “The Crowning of Creation”[6] he portrayed primary and secondary female characteristics in a thought-provoking manner using snails, mussels and melons.

[8] In the cycle “The Lord of the Crown”[9] he employed sports cars and a smoldering cigar with a cock ring as symbols of masculinity.