Ope­ning: Franz Weber

FRANZ WEBER, born in Kap­fen­berg in 1954, grew up in Thörl and Aflenz.

After gra­dua­ting from the HTL in Leo­ben, Franz Weber work­ed as a com­pu­ter sci­en­tist and voca­tio­nal school tea­cher in Kap­fen­berg until his reti­re­ment. He then work­ed as a soft­ware deve­lo­per in Graz and, in par­al­lel, as a free­lan­ce busi­ness con­sul­tant.

He alre­a­dy enga­ged inten­si­ve­ly with pain­ting during his school days and expe­ri­men­ted with cubist ele­ments. During his pro­fes­sio­nal care­er, pain­ting rece­ded into the back­ground at times, but regai­ned importance with the onset of reti­re­ment.

His works are cha­rac­te­ri­zed by expe­ri­men­ting with acrylic paints and their mix­tures. Objects and ele­ments in the pic­to­ri­al, free space ser­ve as pic­to­ri­al means. This resul­ted in an inde­pen­dent, redu­ced mini­ma­lism that incor­po­ra­tes cubist and expres­sio­nist influen­ces. The visu­al lan­guage invi­tes you to free­ly inter­pret objects and ele­ments in the pic­tu­re.

The ope­ning will take place on Fri­day, April 24, 2026 at 6 p.m. in the Cel­la­ri­um.