Florian Hafele
The central theme of artist Florian Hafele, born 1979, is the observation of the body, which reflects many questions about our social environment and its related phenomena. Hafele’s work translates into sculptures of deformed creatures, human as well as object, which develop a multi-interpretable
essence through various contortions.
Embracing this aspect a variety of his works deal with performance in our social environment like the “Champion” which is a synonym for the over-strained human, in an achievement oriented society, or the
exhausted tools which treat themselves to a break. “Champion” can be read as an euphoric tribute to the football/basketball artists or on the other hand as an over-bred high-performance athlete, who’s headless existence echoes the single dimension of his specific, trivial reality.
Hafele's sculptural language usually focuses on one primary question; performance, which, when changing perspective, leads to a multitude of alternative views, interpretations and concluding questions. Consequently this enables the observer to continuously re-discover the sculpture, opening
divergent ways of reading its context.
Born 1979 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Currently lives and works in Vienna and Innsbruck
Education
1993 - 97 HTL College for Art (sculpture), Innsbruck
2003 - 06 University of Applied Arts, Vienna (sculpture class)
2006 - 08 University of Applied Arts, Vienna (sculpture and multimedia class)
2008 January / Dissertation
Exhibitions (selected)
2010
Vienna Fair, Artist specific stand AZ 002 by Carbon 12, Vienna/Austria
2009
"Dipmaster III", Gallery Stephanie Bender, Munich/Germany
"The house is on firem but the show must go on", Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck/Austria
MOYA-Museum of Young Art, Young Art Global-Annuale, Vienna (AT)
"Seven Positions", Group Exibition, Carbon 12, Dubai (UAE)
Mondzyklus, C 17, Vienna (AT)
2008
Art-Prize, Kunstbrücke, Innsbruck (AT)
The Essence, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT)
"Sneak Preview", Carbon 12, Dubai (UAE)
P.M.G, Kleine Galerie, Vienna (AT)
Artmart, Künstlerhaus, Vienna (AT)
Soccer Art, Stadtgalerie, Klagenfurt (AT)
Balls to the Wall, Produzentengalerie C17, Vienna (AT)
2007
Burn Baby Burn, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen, Germany (DE)
Forever, C.H.I, Innsbruck (AT)
2005
Artverwandt, St. Peter an der Sperr, Wiener Neustadt (AT)
Institut für Bildende Kunst, Kunstakademie, Münster, Germany (DE)
Bibliography
Institution for plastic arts, VBK Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85211-123-4
Sculpture Department, VBK Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85211-119-6