The exibition "Caput" (Latin for 'head') at the Berlin Art Week in late September/early October 2018 happened to be the first official presentation of my new "A.R. 51" paintings, a group of images I made on the occasion of some strange expieriences surrounding my birthday. Most of these works include the image of some unfamiliar figure, mostly anthropomorph with not convenient expressions, especially with their strange looks, maybe from annoyance or fun. Sometimes they seem to be looking for trouble.These images were rather involuntarily funny and looked as if I had tried to paint them with my left hand. But how does it happen again and again: the intention becomes something else! Sometimes an ugly duckling turns into a pretty, graceful foal.