In addition to his nine-to-five job, he spends long nights
producing larger and larger ink drawings. The ink
is brushed onto Transcop paper using a toothbrush
and a wire sieve. The highlights are scratched away
with a razor blade and the darker areas are built
up with a rapidograph. First solo exhibition in the
Galerie Benno, Zurich.
1967
H.R.G. and Li move into an empty attic flat
in a neighboring condemned house. Here he
produces works such as Birth Machine, Under
the Earth and Astro-Eunuchs. H.R. G. meets
the writer Sergius Golowin and the film-maker
F.M. Murer.
He is featured in poet/provocateur Urban Gwerder’s
multi-media evening called “Poëtenz-Show”,
by the film High a ten-minute documentary
on his paintings made by F.M. Murer. In the
summer, he again spends some months in Tessin.
Produces sculptures: Beggar, Suitcase Baby,
and Life-Support, etc.