'social panopticum i', 2011 by florian hafele
plastic, wood, and paint
49x20x23 cm
all images courtesy of carbon12


the sculptures of vienna and innsbruck-based artist florian hafele all feature a highly-contorted version of reality. hafele's sensibility
speaks to the notion of human performance within society and the resulting feeling of being over-strained or twisted in order to meet
seemingly universal standards in addition to 'saving face'. hafele's pieces featuring a human figure never show the face of the by erasing
the the humanity of the figures in eliminating facial expression combined with the placement of the figure's limbs with added shapes,
the single dimensional and desperate reality of the figure is highlighted.

hafele has created the 'social panopticum' sculptural series. the collection features three figures who possess geometric shapes growing
from their faceless forms. the artist forms the deformed or contorted human bodies from pvc and paint, plastic, wood or bronze materials.



'social panopticum iii', 2011
plastic, wood, and paint
51x20x23 cm



'social panopticum ii', 2011
plastic, wood, and paint
47x20x23 cm



'smoking driller', 2009 by florian hafele

older works by the artist portray a similar sense of performance as inducing of anxiety through the jarring use of an abstracted reality. 



left: 'champion', 2007, mixed media sculpture, © florian hafele
right: 'anna', 2008, mixed media sculpture, © florian hafele

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