TWO GENERATIONS CONCRETE. Alf Lechner and Marco Stanke

Alf Lechner, Konstellation (WV 570 A 1/5) – 1996/2016, massive steel, milled, burnt, 37,5 x 45 x 30,7 cm, edition of 5

Alf Lechner, Wand-Boden-Anordnung (WV 496 A, Wand-Bogen-Stück) – 1992, solid steel, 32,5 x 65 x 32,5 cm, 140 kg

Alf Lechner, Wand-Boden-Anordnung (WV 831, Kalotte) – 1992, solid steel, forged, sawn, h. 9 cm, d. 57 cm

Alf Lechner, Kleine Würfekanten – Subtraktion (WV 476 1/16) – 1991, Stahl massiv, geschmiedet, rosfrei, in drei Dimensionen gefräst, 16 x 16 x 16 cm, Auflage 16 Exemplare

Alf Lechner, Wand-Boden-Stück (WV 376) – 1986, massive steel, forged, sawed, 17 x 64 x 30 cm

Alf Lechner, 18 / 71 (WV 103) – 1971, thick-walled square steel tube, 25,5 x 25,5 x 112 cm

Alf Lechner, Kreisflächenauflösung (WVP 1995-8667 2/10) – 1995, etching on handmade paper, 106 x 75 cm, edition of 10

Alf Lechner, Ohne Titel (WVP 2006-8715) – 2006, drawing, framed, 15,7 x 22,3 cm

Alf Lechner, Ohne Titel (WVP 2006-8716) – 2006, drawing, framed, 16 x 22,9 cm

Alf Lechner, Ohne Titel (WVP 2006-8717) – 2006, drawing, framed, 20,9 x 14,9 cm

Alf Lechner, Ohne Titel (WVP 2006-8718) – 2006, drawing, framed, 22 x 14,9 cm

Alf Lechner, Ohne Titel (WVP 2006-8719) – 2006, drawing, framed, 14,9 x 21 cm

Alf Lechner, Kreisauflösung (WVP 2004-8349) – 2004, graphite on handmade paper, framed, 123 x 123 cm

Alf Lechner, Funkenflug (WVP 1991-3375) – 1991, graphite on paper, framed, 18,9 x 20,6 cm

Alf Lechner, Funkenflug (WVP 1991-3355) – 1991, graphite on paper, framed, 18,9 x 20,6 cm

Alf Lechner, Kreisteilung (Jubiläumsdruck) – 2025, etching, handmade paper, 36,5 x 44,5 cm, edition 4/100

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2025, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame, 80 x 80 x 20 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2025, acrylic, linen, stretcher frame, 60 x 60 x 5 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2025, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame 43,5 x 30 x 9,5 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2025, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame, 43,5 x 12 x 2,5 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2025, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame, 28,5 x 28,5 x 2 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2024, oil, acrylic, linen, stretcher frame, 83 x 60 x 2 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2024, oil, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame, 62 x 62 x 2,5 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2024, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame, 68,5 x 63 x 2 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2024, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame, 59 x 44 x 2 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2024, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame, 45 x 45 x 2 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2023, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame, 120 x 119 x 3,5 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2023, acrylic, jute, nettle, stretcher frame, stretcher wedges, 170 x 25 x 33 cm, 9-parts

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2023, acrylic, linen, strecher wedge, 126 x 100 x 2,5 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2023, nettle, stretcher wedge, 228 x 6 x 30 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2023, acrylic, linen, stretcher frame, 86 x 50 x 2,5 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2023, nettle, stretcher frame, round wood, 100 x 30 x 4 cm

Marco Stanke, Teil aus Kollektiv – 2021, oil, acrylic, nettle, stretcher frame, 148 x 144 x 2 cm

Marco Stanke, Noppen – 2012, layer screen printing on paper, 60 x 40 cm,unique

 

TWO GENERATIONS CONCRETE.

Alf Lechner and Marco Stanke

Exhibition dates: July 4 to October 2, 2025

SAVE THE DATE OPEN ART MUNICH GALLERY WEEKEND 2025
July 4th to 6th, 2025

Vernissage: Thursday, July 3rd from 6 to 9 pm

Special opening hours OPEN ART MUNICH GALLERY WEEKEND:
Friday, July 4th from 11 am to 6 pm
Saturday, July 5th from 11 am to 6 pm
Sunday, July 6th from 11 am to 6 pm

curated by Dr. Dominik Bass

On April 17, 2025 Alf Lechner would have celebrated his 100th birthday, an anniversary that provides an opportunity to rediscover the artist’s passionate engagement with material and form. This, however, can only succeed by considering today’s art scene and the new generation of up-and-coming artists. With Marco Stanke (*1987), Galerie Bender juxtaposes Lechner’s work with an artist who was born 60 years later. In Stanke’s paintings the canvas is not merely the support. Rather, his works are spatial structures where he playfully undermines the difference between the visible, painterly object and its support.
What both artists have in common is, thus, the fascination for process and material. Whereas Stanke investigates the fundamental elements of painting, Lechner renders visible the traces of industrial processing as an integral part of his sculptures. Despite these connections, their works differ significantly in their medial characteristics, thereby providing a stimulating dialogue in 2024 at the Lechner Museum in Ingolstadt and now in the exhibition rooms of the Gallery.