»Pflichtbewusst - single-parent-heroes II«
| Edition | Original Art |
|---|---|
| Sujet | Other |
| Technique | Painting |
| Height | 122 cm |
| Width | 97 cm |
| Length/Depth | 5 cm |
‘Dedicated – Single-Parent Heroes II’
Media/Technique: Acrylic, oil, oil pastels on canvas, stretched onto a wooden frame in a custom-designed and built profile frame tailored to the artwork.
Year of creation: 2024
–One-off–
‘Duty-Bound – Single-Parent Heroes II’ In ‘Duty-Bound’, work, a sense of duty and paternal responsibility coalesce into an almost physical burden. The compact composition and the rough, jagged painting style dislocate the familiar figure from its cheerful visual world. The work asks what remains of the traditional ideal of the breadwinner when care demands not only material security but also closeness, vulnerability and emotional presence.
The work is part of the four-part painting series ‘single-parent-heroes’ and takes single fathers from popular culture as its starting point. Familiar childhood heroes clash with traditional notions of masculinity: the role of provider, authority, strength, emotional reserve and the ever-raised index finger.
Drawing on my own experience as a single father, I explore how these role models continue to influence us – and what values might take their place. Expressive colour, shifted contours and gestural overlays cause these familiar figures to waver between nostalgia, feeling overwhelmed and self-doubt. The bespoke gold frames pay tribute to an often-overlooked form of responsibility.
‘single-parent-heroes’ does not set out to create a new ideal of heroism. The series views care, emotional openness and self-reflection as contemporary forms of strength.
In my works, I use exclusively highly pigmented artists’ paints, which possess high luminosity and lightfastness. For each work, I design and build an artist’s frame myself, aiming to create an overall effect through a combination of craftsmanship and conceptual care.
Shipping :
The work is shipped stretched onto a stretcher frame and an artist’s frame that I have designed, conceived and crafted myself – including a certificate of authenticity, the corresponding catalogue number and a signature on the front.
Alexej Eisner
In his work, nostalgic, (post-)Soviet narratives are embedded within biographical elements of everyday life. In doing so, personal and collective memories of the traumas of Russian-German history are interwoven. Eisner presents figurative elements which, through expressive gestures, scraped surfaces and vivid colour schemes within a single composition, create alternating moments of clarity and decay, conveying a sense of authenticity and raw emotion.
Exhibitions (selection)
2025 – ‘What do we pass on and what do we keep to ourselves?’, Hase29 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Osnabrück.
2025 – ‘FATA MORGANA’, vanished Pop-Up Gallery, Osnabrück.
2025 – ‘skool session no. 17’, Alte Schule, Münster.
2025 – ‘good neighbours’, GALERIE ET, Versmold.
2025 – ‘PASSEN’, Contemporary Institute for Art and Thought, Berlin.
2025 – Annual Exhibition of Nominees, University of Osnabrück.
2024 – ‘My Horse Dog Doesn’t Want to Die – vanished’, Hase29 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Osnabrück.
2024 – ‘Beschreibendes’, Galerie Bel Étage, Gütersloh.
2024 – ‘Orte des Friedens #3’, Kulturbüro, Osnabrück.
2023 – ‘Working on the Future’, skulptur-galerie, Osnabrück.
2023 – ‘CAMPUS’, skulptur-galerie, Osnabrück.
2022 – ‘INDEX’, skulptur-galerie, Osnabrück.
2022 – ‘Artist’s Residence’, Atelierhaus Hasemauer, Osnabrück.
2021 – ‘3D’21’, skulptur-galerie, Osnabrück.
2021 – “European Media Art Festival”, Osnabrück.
2020 – “Grafikbörse”, Borken.
Awards/Scholarships
10.2025 – Germany Scholarship for outstanding achievement in the field of art at the University of Osnabrück
02.2025 – Nomination for the Ingeborg Siebert Art Prize in painting and printmaking
, October 2024 – Germany Scholarship for outstanding achievements in the field of art at the University of Osnabrück
, June 2024–May 2025 – Studio grant from the DaunTown art collective, Borgholzhausen.
2022–2024 – Studio grant, ‘Atelierhaus Hasemauer’, from the Felicitas and Werner Egerland Foundation, Osnabrück.
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