It seems only a coincidence that Gottschalk’s collages overlapped the exhibit of Dole’s work. More excitement would have been generated if the shows were more closely related in time and space, since each has considerable merit, if for opposite reasons. Gottschalk’s collages are virile, forcefully executed works, filled with a bursting vitality. A native of Hanover, Germany, now living in Berkeley, Gottschalk integrates his paper and paint skillfully with unity and balance. His pictures are illuminated with shaved planes of light—something like Feininger—that are curiously independent of his vibrating color, whether flashing in a rococo pattern as in Afternoon in Rangoon or cooly withdrawn as in Design No. 9. His Blues and Fiddler’s Feet are panoramic wastelands that give one a strange sensation when seen close and from afar.
––Larry Rottersman
