Under the title collage concrete, the Leonhardi Museum showed works from 1997 to 2008 by the Dresden artist Stefan Nestler.
Stefan Nestler is an explorer, utiliser of everyday remnants, constructivist and poet. He has found an unmistakable language which - influenced by Minimal Art and the Dresden tradition of abstraction - uniquely fuses experiences of collage, bricollage, object art and colour field painting. From seemingly worthless found objects such as screw caps from plastic bottles, cigarette filters and stamps, Stefan Nestler is able to create art that is full of lightness and tremendous vitality. "He shows absolute respect for the found materials and objects by not altering their form in any way, but simply arranging, combining and spreading them out according to the aesthetic laws of form and colour.
