TWO POSITIONS CONCRETE.

Marcello Morandini und Peter Weber

Exhibition from May 15th to June 28th, 2025

Vernissage: May 15th, 6 to 8 pm
Matinee: May 17th, 12 to 4 pm

TWO GENERATIONS CONCRETE.

Alf Lechner und Marco Stanke

Exhibition from July 4th to September 27th, 2025

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

TWO GENERATIONS CONCRETE: Alf Lechner and Marco Stance

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.

MATERIAL AND STRUCTURE II

Helmut Dirnaichner, Alfred Haberpointner, Martin Lehmer

Ausstellungsdauer: 17. Oktober- 20. Dezember 2025

Helmut Dirnaichner's most recent publication “Helmut Dirnaichner. Das Licht aus der Erde” (HIRMER Verlag 03/2025) is sponsored by: