{"id":3008,"date":"2017-07-20T11:03:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T09:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/artists\/alf-lechner\/biografie"},"modified":"2025-08-20T11:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:54:33","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/en\/artists\/alf-lechner\/biography","title":{"rendered":"biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<section  class=\"content-section      mb-20-xs mb-30-sm  \" >\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row   \">\n\n\t\t\t\t[vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\n\t\t<div class=\"ls-vc-image wpb_content_element\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image__img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alf-lechner-portrait.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alf-lechner-portrait.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alf-lechner-portrait-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alf-lechner-portrait-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alf-lechner-portrait-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alf-lechner-portrait-992x1240.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alf-lechner-portrait-1024x1280.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- end \/.ls-vc-image -->\n\n\t\t[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Das Oeuvre von Alf Lechner (1925-2017) ist gepr\u00e4gt von wechselnden, formal voneinander v\u00f6llig unabh\u00e4ngigen Werkgruppen, in denen einfache geometrische Grundformen und K\u00f6rper geteilt, d.h. durch S\u00e4gen oder Schneiden in Einzelelemente zerlegt und nach rechnerischer Analyse in einer Reihe von Variationsm\u00f6glichkeiten wieder in Beziehung gesetzt werden, so da\u00df die Ausgangsform nicht mehr erkennbar ist.<br \/>\nDie Auseinandersetzung mit dem Kubus dominiert Lechners Arbeit in den letzten 35 Jahren. Stets liegt die Aufmerksamkeit auf dem Teilen und Zerlegen, nicht auf Halbieren! Die geometrische Analyse und rationelle Durchdringung des K\u00f6rpers f\u00fchren zu der f\u00fcr Lechner typischen Formensprache, die der euklidschen Geometrie verpflichtet ist. Grunds\u00e4tzlich verzichtet er g\u00e4nzlich auf sch\u00f6nende Effekte durch nachtr\u00e4gliche Oberfl\u00e4chenbehandlung seiner Bildwerke. Schmieden, Brennschneiden, S\u00e4gen hinterlassen Spuren an den Bildk\u00f6rpern, die eine malerische Anmutung erreichen. Gerade das unbehandelte Erscheinungsbild macht das Bearbeitungsverfahren direkt erfahrbar.<\/p>\n<p>Der renommierte deutsche Stahlbildner lebte und arbeitete seit 2001 in Obereichst\u00e4tt\/ Altm\u00fchltal. Dort hat er ein aufgelassenes Eisenh\u00fcttenwerk, das in Teilen bis ins 15. Jhd. datiert, durch umsichtige und bedachte Eingriffe zu einem au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnlichen Gesamtkunstwerk mit Skulpturenpark umgestaltet. Im Fr\u00fchjahr 2014 wurde die gro\u00dfe Ausstellungshalle er\u00f6ffnet.<br \/>\nIn Ingolstadt entstand vor 15 Jahren das nach Alf Lechner benannte Museum.<br \/>\nSeine Skulpturen sind international im \u00f6ffentlichen Raum vertreten und zahlreiche renommierte deutsche Museen wie die Kunstsammlungen NRW, das Staedel in Frankfurt oder die Bayerischen Staatsgem\u00e4ldesammlungen und das Lenbachhaus in M\u00fcnchen z\u00e4hlen seine Werke zu ihrem Bestand. 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