Marco Stanke plays with the boundaries between painting and sculpture, pushing both mediums in unexpected directions. His approach is experimental, altering the surface of the canvas and sometimes letting the work spill into the surrounding space. Stanke’s deliberate manipulations of the image’s materiality create what he calls “Bilddinge,” which hover between painting and object. In his series Kollektiv, these “Teile” come together as an ever-changing ensemble that adapts to the space in which they’re displayed. Depending on how they’re arranged, the works enter into a dialogue, teasing out the tension between form and content, precision and imperfection, all with a light, playful touch. In an exhibition setting, they become site-specific, forming a dynamic relationship with their environment.On the other hand, Stanke’s serigraphs offer a sharp contrast to the Parts with their crisp precision and more contained nature. Yet, despite their formal rigor, they remain open, hovering somewhere between surface, relief, and object, resisting clear classification. Layers of color become tactile objects, and the surfaces, punctured or folded, seem to invite the viewer to imagine them spilling out into the space beyond the frame.Stanke’s work defies easy categorization, inviting viewers to constantly reassess the boundaries of painting, printmaking, and object art, while quietly questioning the conventions of each.
Selected Exhibitions (Solo & Duo)
2023
teil's teil's, Alf Lechner & Marco Stanke, Lechner Museum, Ingolstadt
Etwas Spielraum, Kunstverein Ingolstadt e.V.
23, Heeyoung Jo & Marco Stanke, Audio Visual Pavilion, Seoul, KOR
Stimulus, Neuer Kunstverein Regensburg
gut gemacht, Kunstverein Erlangen
2022
Schöne Figuren, mit Andreas Lech, halle50, München
ungefährlich, Kunstverein Lemgo
2021
Nicht die Malerei, KulturKiosk, Stuttgart
Beige Rainbow, Goldberg Galerie, München
2018
Marcoland, Kunstverein Kohlenhof, Nürnberg
durchgehend, mit Aron Herdrich, Goldberg Galerie, München
Pluriball, muk-Kunstverein, Zirndorf
2017
Miracle Macho, mit Michael Ullrich, Bühlers, Fürth
B-Seite, Edel Extra, Nürnberg
2015
Treffen sich zwei..., mit Lena Mayer, zumikon, Nürnberg
Selected Group Shows
2024
Shaped Canvases & Metals, Galerie Renate Bender, München
24! Fragen an die Konkrete Gegenwart, Museum für Konkrete Kunst u. Design, Ingolstadt
2023
salondergegenwart, Große Bleichen 1-3, Hamburg
jung & divers, Verein für Originalradierung e.V., München
Already Happened, SOSOSO, München
Bender-Schwinn-Projekt Reloaded, Galerie Renate Bender, München
Warme Perspektiven, Halle50, München
2022
Raum.Neustart, Open Q artspace, München
start22, Goldberg Galerie, München
Dem Dinner zum Trotz, KulturKiosk, Stuttgart
Hallo Hallo, Neue Galerie Landshut
2021
Raum für Malerei, Kunstmuseum Erlangen
Frühling der jungen Jahre, Platform, München
Shaped Canvases, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden
Große Taten, kleine Fische, halle50, München
Perspektiven 2021, Kunstförderpreis des Kunstclub 13 e.V., Platform, München
Employed & Depressed, Good Job! Showroom, Leipzig
2020
Tacker, Galerie der Künstler, München
Differenzen, Erholungshaus, Leverkusen
2019
Papierwelten 3.0, Galerie Renate Bender, München
Debütanten, Haus der Kunst, München
High Life, Bühlers, Fürth
2018
dozen, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Bal Harbour, US
Academy Positions, Positions - Berlin Art Fair, Berlin
Playground III - Space Generator, Galerie VON&VON, Nürnberg
Bender-Schwinn-Projekt III, Galerie Renate Bender, München
2017
Jahresgaben und Sondereditionen, Verein für Originalradierung e.V., München
2016
10 Jahre Rotary Collection Nürnberg-Sigena, Ausstellungshalle der AdBK Nürnberg
If Walls Are Trembling, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Wien, AUT
Junge Kunst, Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf
9373,83, Galerie Arai Associates, Tokio, JPN
2015
Young Blood, Galerie Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt