“[…] the drawings are always created on found paper, bearing traces of age and use. These frayed, sometimes written on, yellowed sheets provide the basic tone, which is then carefully taken up. Forms emerge that hint at representational objects, at heads, figures, formed from lines, sweeps, and patches of color. […] the fragments are not subjected to ‘the master’s hard hand’ (Picasso), but rather they shine through, assert themselves, and correspond with the drawing that overwrites them. Merleau-Ponty’s statement, ‘Only the painter has the right to cast his gaze upon all things without being obliged to judge them,’ could also serve as a credo for this work.”

"Herrfurth's works..." - Stefanie Heckmann: "Karl-Heinz Herrfurth". In: Memory of Imagination, Berlin University of the Arts, 1996