Born in Hattenberg in Upper Austria in 1926, Karl Neubacher, along with Richard Kriesche and Peter Gerwin Hoffmann, is one of the pioneers of the avant-garde and of conceptual art in Styria. That something representative in this area developed in Graz in the 1960s and 1970s, its effects spreading way beyond the regional context, gives the protagonists relevance, lifting them clearly out of the narrow confines of provincialism. Curated by Günther Holler-Schuster of Kunsthaus Graz, "Karl Neubacher: Media Artist, 1926-1978" examines this almost forgotten artist, who lifted the city of Graz from a provincial backwater to the birthplace of regional avant-garde during the 1960s and 1970s. Many of Neubacher´s artworks reference the human body as medium and object of artistic expression. All images courtesy of Kunsthaus Graz.