... it fell out of my pocket ...

Nordico Stadtmuseum / 2024 / Kuratorin: Klaudia Kreslehner / Gestaltung: MOOI Design

detail Linz / photograph by Gregor Graf

Karl Hauk / photo documentation for the Exhibition “Karl Hauk” for the Lentos artmuseum in Linz / photographs and documentation by Gregor Graf

LInz / 2022 / photograph by Gregor Graf

gravis lux I / 30 x 42cm / ink on paper / drawing by Gregor Graf

Danube near Puchenau / photographs by Gregor Graf

work in progress / drawing by Gregor Graf

The photograph, gelöscht / verdampft, originates from a loose series of motifs from the city of Linz, that were created within other projects or during spontaneous, inner-city photo trips. If you cross the Danube on the federal highway 3 over the Steyregger Bridge and head in the direction of the city centre, you are immediately immersed in a world of industry. Squeezed between the Linz chemical park and the voestalpine steelworks, you are followed by the smells and sounds of a highly engineered, seemingly unreal and harsh world. The strangly organic and at the same time most powerful appearance in this environment, is the steam column of the coking plant, that appears at regular intervals and can be seen from afar. When the extinguishing water pours over the glowing coke loads, a huge cloud of steam rises into the sky as an ephemeral landmark, only to disappear again immediately afterwards. Like an approaching storm, the sky darkens, casting shadows for a photo of a cloud that momentarily covers the sun.

Nine months ago, three artists had to leave their studios at the same time. These three artists, Cécile Belmont, Katharina Lackner and me, took this coincidence as an opportunity to found a shared studio. Since then, we are working under the same roof also with the Moser and Hager architects. Sometimes everything really fits together.

A lightbox compelled me to take a photo.It hit me an my sentimental side. Like a three-legged dog, it excudes something heroic. Hello, I´m still alive.

work in progress / 84 x 70cm / acrylic in wooden panel / 2022 / painting by Gregor Graf

work in progress / 84 x 70cm / acrylic in wooden panel / 2022 / painting by Gregor Graf

preparing a new painting / photographs and drawings by Gregor Graf

postcards for the exhibition Gebaut für alle / Curt Kühne und Julius Schulte planen das soziale Linz (1909 – 38) / photographs by Gregor Graf

Gebaut für alle / Curt Kühne und Julius Schulte planen das soziale Linz (1909 – 38) / photographs by Gregor Graf

Vorzeichnung / Gregor Graf

landscape near Wels / Upperaustria / photograph: Gregor Graf