Josef GERA - AXIS

The Totemic series engages with the idea of an inner and outer axis—a line that creates order, orientation, and balance.

At the center of each painting lies a vertical form, reminiscent of a totem, a sign, or an archaic figure. This reduced form functions as a symbolic body, as a bearer of energy and meaning. It connects the Upper with the Lower and thus recalls an ancient notion: the axis between heaven and earth.

Artwork description:
Axis examines the principle of vertical order as a symbolic structure. Two color-contrasting forms—one gold and one red—form a central axis that organizes the image and at the same time evokes a figurative association.
Along this axis appear silver circles of different sizes, whose textured surface creates an additional tactile dimension. They come across as energetic markings or stations within the composition.

Title: Axis
Series: Totemic
Dating: 2026/02
Technique: Acrylic on canvas
Framing: WITHOUT frame
Representation: 60x120 cm portrait format
Image size: 60x120 cm (canvas on stretcher)
Depth: 3.5 cm
Signature: hand-written, front side (recto) bottom right
Unique piece
Provenance: Directly from the artist
Will be delivered with COA
Condition: In excellent condition
Shipping: The work will be delivered WITHOUT framing and with a hanging system.
The shipping costs include:
1. Insurance of the painting
2. Freight shipping
3. Packaging costs

Artist: Josef Gera (born 24.02.1969)

Visual artist (multidisciplinary), self-taught
Born in Wels (Austria), nationality: Austrian
1975 – 1984 – schooling (Austria)
1984 – 1987 – apprenticeship (Austria)
1988 – 2013 – professional career (Switzerland, Austria)
2013 – 2023 – entrepreneur (Austria)
2023 – Visual artist

Visual artist (Austria)
Lives and works in Salzburg

https://josefgera.at/

Artist Statement:
In my work I am interested in the moment when movement becomes form. Color, for me, is not an image but an event that unfolds in space, condenses, and then dissolves again. In the disorder of chance lies the possibility of the unexpectedly beautiful; it is precisely in this tension between control and letting go that my images arise.