Stefan Saffer

Graduate Seminar III, Studio Practice III

Stefan Saffer's art practice is a continuing attempt to make use of art in society. Visual repetition or aesthetic branding are not as important as poetic surprise, direct encounter or alienated illusion. The framework of real life is challenging the freedom of thought and work. Saffer worked and works in many different contexts spanning from working alone in a studio to large- scale collaborations in public space. He works ephemeral as well as materialistic or within the framework of commissions and architectural interventions. His cardboard cutouts are deeply rooted in folk art, his social public works refer to the philosophy found at the BAUHAUS movement or artists like Joseph Beuys. He showed with galleries in London (Kate MacGarry), Berlin (Grisebach) or New York (Pavel Zoubok, Sloan Fine Arts) and worked also on the streets of London, Berlin or New York.