Manuel Graf
*1978 in Bühl
lives and works in Düsseldorf

The terrain of the artistic material with which Manuel Graf works is very broad. Various forms of video works, school films that are crossed with music clips, partly documentary-based video works that deal with architectural-historical topics, essay films, as well as purely computer-animated video works, which can exist as part of installation work and thereby break the concept of the work; Painting as well as ceramics, then exhibition concepts and collaborations in questions of authorship, the list of these technically perfectly executed and by playful lightness characterized works could be continued much further. In terms of topics, the artist is interested in the great questions of humanity, the development of human existence and its cultural achievements, by means of which we can look at this progression of culture. The focus is on art itself, architecture and craftsmanship, as well as thoughts on contemporary visual strategies of persuasion, as we know from advertising.

Manuel Graf, oriental rug, 2012<br>flatscreen 32“, usb-stick, oriental rug, tripod, div. metal parts, 2 copper lamps, div. cables <br> Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, Alice Kessler & Ellen Kessler, 2017<br>1-channel video, 2 flatscreens, USB-stick, 2 chairs<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, Kunst am Bau, Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales, Berlin, 2016<br>Duratrans in lightbox 120 x 140 x 18 cm<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, O.T. (Doppelganger, Throne of Games), 2016<br>1-channel video on stick, flatscreen, vintage chair<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, O.T. (Doppelganger, Barocko), 2016<br>1-channel video on stick, flatscreen, vintage chair<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, Düsseldorf
Manuel Graf, Friedrich Kiesler's "Endless House", 2011<br>wire, plaster, papier-mache, c. 80 x 162 x 95 cm / c.31.5 x 63.78 x 37.4 inches<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfMme Dogdo/Manuel Graf, 78, 1996-2010<br>oil on hessian, 90 x 70 cm<br>Photo(c) & Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, Azimut, 2012<br>fluorescent tubes, light bulb, plastic, cable, H.148 cm, 45 cm<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, Mali Al Mansur, 2011<br>ceramics, mixed media, framed c-print, shelf & objects 187 x 39,5 x 34,5 cm, picture 70 x 56 cm<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfMANUEL GRAF, Sennett & Arc-en-Ciel, 2009/2010<br>Lambda-print on Alu-Dibond, wood, varnished, leather<br>Sammlung HypoVereinsbank-Member of UniCredit
Manuel Graf, Neolithic Memory Stick<br>glazed & unglazed ceramic, 1-channel video projection, loop c. 5:30 min, vitrine: c. H.170 x 126 x 62 cm<br>installation view Hamburger Kunstverein 2012, Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, Neolithic USA, 2013<br>glazed ceramic, wooden beads, H.c. 50 cm<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, Orangenbaumchen, 2008/2013<br>ceramic, bamboo, 65 x 45 x 45 cm<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfMANUEL GRAF, Rustika II 2007 <br>wooden cabinet, wooden bricks, Vase, dry twig<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, KubKubra, 2013<br>glazed ceramic, oranges, H. 35 cm<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, Düsseldorf
Manuel Graf, Villa Madama III, 2007<br>glass, wood, lacquer, ca.35 cm<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, 3, 2008<br>c-print, 70 x 100 cm, Ed.3, Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, Zoccolo, Bernardo, Chopine, 2008<br>installation view at Artforum Berlin 2008, mixed media, dimensions variable<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DüsseldorfManuel Graf, Woher kommt die Kunst? oder Die Blutte des Menschen, 2007<br>movie poster: archival ink print, 150 x 84 cm<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, DusseldorfManuel Graf, Mammut 1, 2013<br>Plastic, 3 ceramics, black engobe, 140 x 120 x 40 cm<br>Courtesy VAN HORN, Düsseldorf