»Eidos« – Stefan Ringeling
Painting: Land, Sea, Object, Space
With “Eidos”, Stefan Ringeling presents a selection of new and earlier oil paintings that remain committed to representational art while oscillating between reality and perception. Landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, interiors—unassuming motifs such as a table, a window, a piece of land, or a water’s edge.
It is precisely in this reduction that their power unfolds. Ringeling is not interested in staging spectacular moments, but in the quiet persistence of things. His paintings open spaces in which a simple bar of soap carries as much weight as a horizon line.
The compositions appear clearly structured, yet are suffused with a subtle restlessness. Light and color serve less for naturalistic depiction than for creating an atmosphere that hovers between presence and memory.
“Eidos”—the Platonic term for form and essence—here points to the artist’s stance: to encounter things in their simple presence without appropriating them. The paintings invite us to look longer than the glance initially demands—and to engage in a quiet, lasting experience.
