»K.I.Z. Die logische Disziplin« 2022. Oil on canvas. 160 x 160 cm

Hans Aichinger

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»K.I.Z. Die logische Disziplin« 2022. Oil on canvas. 160 x 160 cm
»K.I.Z. Die logische Disziplin« 2022. Oil on canvas. 160 x 160 cm
Kühle Seele, 2024. Oil on canvas, 65 x 53 cm
Kühle Seele, 2024. Oil on canvas, 65 x 53 cm
Gesicht und Maske, 2024. Oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
Gesicht und Maske, 2024. Oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
»Welt ohne Gegenstände« 2020, oil on canvas , 210 x 230 cm
»Welt ohne Gegenstände« 2020, oil on canvas , 210 x 230 cm
Das 3-Körper-Problem, 2024. Oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
Das 3-Körper-Problem, 2024. Oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
Die drei Fähigkeiten, 2023. Oil on canvas, 92 x 71 cm
Die drei Fähigkeiten, 2023. Oil on canvas, 92 x 71 cm
untitled, 2021. Watercolour on paper, 64 x 54 cm
untitled, 2021. Watercolour on paper, 64 x 54 cm
»The man who sold the world« 2020. Oil on canvas. 130 x 90 cm
»The man who sold the world« 2020. Oil on canvas. 130 x 90 cm
»St. Sebastian« 2019, oil on canvas, 110 x 140 cm
»St. Sebastian« 2019, oil on canvas, 110 x 140 cm
»Der Prophet« 2019. Oil on canvas. 120 x 90 cm
»Der Prophet« 2019. Oil on canvas. 120 x 90 cm
exhibition view »Bilder von Tatsachen« REITER Berlin prospect 2018
exhibition view »Bilder von Tatsachen« REITER Berlin prospect 2018
»Aaron« 2020. Oil on canvas. 100 x 130 cm
»Aaron« 2020. Oil on canvas. 100 x 130 cm
»Die Hüterin« 2019. Oil on canvas. 160 x 200 cm
»Die Hüterin« 2019. Oil on canvas. 160 x 200 cm
Das Prinzip, 2024. Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
Das Prinzip, 2024. Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
Helene, 2023. Oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm
Helene, 2023. Oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm
»Die Familie. Eine Aufstellung« exhibition view REITER | Leipzig 2013
»Die Familie. Eine Aufstellung« exhibition view REITER | Leipzig 2013
»Das Falsche Erwachen« 2023, oil on canvas.
»Das Falsche Erwachen« 2023, oil on canvas.
untitled, 2020. Watercolour on paper, 51 x 50 cm
untitled, 2020. Watercolour on paper, 51 x 50 cm
Der Punkt hinter den Augen, 2023. Oil on canvas, 70 x 81 cm
Der Punkt hinter den Augen, 2023. Oil on canvas, 70 x 81 cm
Selbstverkleinerung, 2024. Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
Selbstverkleinerung, 2024. Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
Das ausgeschlossene Dritte, 2023. Oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm
Das ausgeschlossene Dritte, 2023. Oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm
Die List der Vernunft, 2023. Oil on canvas, 85 x 75 cm
Die List der Vernunft, 2023. Oil on canvas, 85 x 75 cm
Entfernung, 2022. Oil on canvas, 50 x 48 cm
Entfernung, 2022. Oil on canvas, 50 x 48 cm
Judith, 2023. Oil on canvas, 90 x 80 cm
Judith, 2023. Oil on canvas, 90 x 80 cm
»Die Rekonstruktion der Welt« 2021. Oil on canvas. 80 x 120 cm
»Die Rekonstruktion der Welt« 2021. Oil on canvas. 80 x 120 cm
Noch wach, 2024. Oil on canvas, 80 x 50 cm
Noch wach, 2024. Oil on canvas, 80 x 50 cm

Hans Aichinger Info

Hans Aichinger’s works are filled with concentration: on the one hand, the concentration he applies in painting his highly precise figures, and even more so, the mental tension that the figures themselves convey through their moments of pause. This concentration does not reveal its object as it lies outside of the frame - without reference - in the open. In doing so, Aichinger creates a balance between figuration and abstraction, and positions the legibility of his images somewhere between possible and impossible.
The figures are role-players on a minimalist stage, not portraits—they are predominantly soloists without concrete counterparts, but rather engaged with counter-objects or resistances: a wooden stick, taxidermy animals, pebbles, toys, or, even more reduced, with a physical gesture—as an expression of internal compression. And they are mostly adolescents, still on the path to accepting their own appearance, marked by naïve self-assurance and openness to whatever comes next. Background and space remain curiously undefined and silent. On medium-sized canvases, the figures appear nearly life-sized, almost at eye level with the viewer.
The ambiguity of titles like "Abnehmendes Licht" (Diminishing Light) or "Unruhe" (Restlessness) holds both a concrete and an indefinite aspect; this is where the works begin to assert their peculiar abstraction. The openness—the unforeseeable "taking shape"—of the protagonists on the one hand, but above all of the image’s content, is simultaneously representational and abstract. This suspicion is reinforced by Aichinger’s meticulous attention to detail, which surpasses any realism and begins to dissolve form. These detail-obsessed, almost microscopically alienating elements carry no superficial meaning, yet they guide perception. In this roundabout way, abstraction finds its way into the work. Aichinger comes surprisingly close to his inclination toward the non-objective, the purely conceptual image—though from an unexpected direction.

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Hans Aichinger, 2024, Das Prinzip, oil on canvas, 80x60cm

Hans Aichinger 24 Apr – 10 Jul 2025

Solo exhibition »Schwerkraft und Zeit« with paintings by Hans Aichinger at the Weißes Haus Markleeberg. The opening will take place on 24 April at 7 pm.

Hans Aichinger Bio

Hans Aichinger (born 1959 in Leipzig) studied painting from 1982 to 1986 at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst) under Professor Bernhard Heisig. After completing his studies, he began teaching at the academy from 1992 to 1997.
A distinctive feature of Aichinger’s work is the focused arrangement of figures, accentuated by vague, stage-like lighting. They are surrounded by an indeterminate spatiality, which—through the skilled use of glazed painting techniques—creates an abstract sense of distance. Hans Aichinger lives and works in Leipzig, and since 1994, his studio has been located on the grounds of the former cotton mill (Baumwollspinnerei) in Leipzig-Plagwitz.

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