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His need for self-representation in public space, the designation of spots with a personal statement and the enrichment of the surroundings with his owns ideas and associations are expressed in the art of Thomas Mock in a diversity of graffiti and paintings on wlls, wood or canvas. The artist known as “Keramik”  in Vienna since the early 1990s has chosen his name because of his desire as a mortal and short-lived individual to leave lasting charateristic forms. After all, sometimes a couple of ceramic shards are among the few things that have remainded from a past culture.