The 1981\/82 black and white photo series created by the Graz-based Slovenian\/Austrian photographer Branko Lenart is probably the most extensive photographic work of the 20th and 21st centuries on Graz\u2019s local mountain. The almost completely deserted views illustrate the intertwining of cultural and natural space. The unusual and yet familiar views allow for a new interpretation of the mountain freed from the tourist postcard view.
\nLenart\u2019s \u201csubjective topographies\u201d are by no means striking, but rather a visual cosmos at rest in itself, which the photographer described as follows at the time of its creation: \u201cThe pictures (…) are an attempt to ignore the ordinariness of the urban mountain, degraded to an OBJECT in many respects, in order to experience it as a living SUBJECT of independent individuality and structure from a personal perspective and to INCORPORATE it (into myself).\u201d The equal juxtaposition of close-up and distant views as well as nature and architectural perspectives shows that this is not an objective documentation, but an approach to reality that always remains subjective. It is precisely this concentration on detail that makes the series timeless and links the artist\u2019s experience some 40 years ago with the present perception of the viewer.
\nSince the 1970s, Branko Lenart has been one of the most important protagonists of the Graz photography scene. The series \u201cSCHLOSSBERG\u201d, which has only been shown once (1983) in full until today, is presented in its entirety in the Graz Museum. The photo exhibition is supplemented by an exclusively recorded conversation with the artist and a publication.<\/p>\n
Short Biography of Branko Lenart<\/strong> Curated by<\/strong> Annette Rainer
\nLives in Graz and Piran
\nBorn in Ptuj (Slovenia) on 15 June 1948
\n1954 Emigration to Austria
\n1962 First photographic works
\n1964 Member of TVN Photo Club Graz
\n1968 Member of Forum Stadtpark
\n1972 \u2013 1978 Studies at the Pedagogical Academy, Graz
\n1973 \u2013 1975 Director of the photo gallery \u201cKlo\u201c, Prokopigasse, Graz (together with Manfred Willmann)
\n1979 \u2013 2007 Photography teacher, HTL Ortweinschule Graz
\n1994-2007 Chairman and co-founder of the Article VII Cultural Association \/ Pavel House
\n1997 \u2013 2003 Lectureship at FH Joanneum \u2013 University of Applied Sciences, Graz
\n2001 Collaboration in the project \u201dLast Journey\/Grenz.R\u00e4ume\u201d with Inge Morath
\nAutobiographical text collages and travel diaries since 2013
\nThe artist\u2019s website: https:\/\/www.brankolenart.com\/<\/p>\n
\nCuratorial assistance and project management:<\/strong> Angela Rossmann
\nProject coordination:<\/strong> Sibylle Dienesch
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