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At first glance, Graubner's pictorial objects are puzzling. They do not belong to classical painting, but neither are they sculptural works. They are spatial bodies saturated with colour. Graubner has always considered himself a painter. After studying at various art academies, he himself became a professor of painting, first in Hamburg and then at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. From 1962 Graubner created his 'pillow pictures'. These consist of perlon fabric stretched over a foam cushion and moistened with oil.

"For me, it is a prerequisite that painting does not necessarily have to remain tied to panel painting. [Seeing painting in this way, in absolute terms, became for me a discovery, the starting point for the conception of my own painting. For me, artistic initiative begins where it sets itself the goal of creating a painterly organism. In this sense, the painterly object is subordinate only to the optical dimension, even if it becomes a tactile object as a cushion; it is always primarily attributable to the optical experience. [There is a minimum of actual colour in my stretched paintings. A gauze veil filters the space of coloured light pulsating beneath this skin. The light vibrates. Colour becomes palpable through its nuances." (Graubner 1969)