20060502 | Florian Lechner

Clear lines, simple elegance and a reduction in colour characterise his works, which initially appear sober. The classic limitations of the art of painting are overcome and the space is taken over by the accurate formations. The first impression of the works is usually deceptive: what initially appears sober and neutral is subverted by Lechner using subtle means. Lechner detaches the artwork from its physical existence, shifts it into the ephemeral and juggles with the viewer's perception. Lechner's style has been described as ‘contemporary baroque’, characterised by the juxtaposition of different levels of spatial dimensions that are manipulated to create a visually overwhelming experience.

Florian Lechner is a German sculptor born in 1981 in Burghausen, Germany. He currently lives and works in Munich. Lechner graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 2012, where he studied sculpture under Professor Hermann Pitz and Hans Op de Beeck. In 2012, he was a master student of Professor Hermann Pitz. Lechner's work has been shown in numerous exhibitions, including solo exhibitions such as ‘RENDER’, ‘Werkpräsentation’, ‘Ideation’, ‘Raumskizze’ and ‘Totalraum’. His works have also been shown in group exhibitions, including ‘+1’, ‘Intersection’, ‘Comfy with Sonic Speed’, ‘twenty.thousand.volts’, ‘Printemps’, ‘Best Of’ and ‘THE WORKS’. Lechner's works have been honoured by the Bavarian State Painting Collection.  Lechner's art was shown in virtual reality and online tours as part of the Werkschau 2021 and Positions Berlin Art Week 2020. He has received several awards, including the 2012 Bavarian Culture Prize in the art academies category and the 2011 sponsorship award from the Heitland Foundation, Celle. In 2020, he worked as an artistic and research assistant at the Chair of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Munich.

Florian Lechner's first solo museum exhibition ‘rauschen’ ended in June 2024 at the Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst in Otterndorf.

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