Gabriela Oberkofler
Gabriela Oberkofler
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Precarious Life

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Gabriela Oberkofler deals with so-called folk culture, traditions, landscapes and agricultural living conditions from her region of origin, South Tyrol. In her works, loneliness and decay collide with the supposedly identity-forming homeland. The formal beauty of her drawings does not conceal the disturbing motifs. This creates a contrast of great poetic intensity.

In the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum, the artist was particularly inspired by the ‘Precarious Life’ section, which focusses on people’s hopes and worries. For the exhibition, she has taken on her very own interpretation of the theme. In her hands, some motifs unfold biomorphic traits that are reminiscent of one of Oberkofler’s main themes: the animal as a mirror of man. Objects from the Folk Art Museum and the Natural Science Collections of the Tyrolean State Museums are in dialogue with the artist's drawings.

Helena Pereña

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Gabriela Oberkofler

Detail Gegen Himmel, 2016, watercolour on paper, 225 × 114 cm

Gabriela Oberkofler

Gegen Himmel, 2016, watercolour on paper, 225 × 114 cm

Gabriela Oberkofler

Detail Vögel wartend, 2016, watercolour on paper, 114 × 220 cm

Gabriela Oberkofler

Vögel wartend, 2016, watercolour on paper, 114 × 220 cm

Precarious Life

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Votivfiguren, 2016, 21 drawings, watercolour on paper, 20 × 30 cm

Gabriela Oberkofler deals with so-called folk culture, traditions, landscapes and agricultural living conditions from her region of origin, South Tyrol. In her works, loneliness and decay collide with the supposedly identity-forming homeland. The formal beauty of her drawings does not conceal the disturbing motifs. This creates a contrast of great poetic intensity.

In the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum, the artist was particularly inspired by the ‘Precarious Life’ section, which focusses on people’s hopes and worries. For the exhibition, she has taken on her very own interpretation of the theme. In her hands, some motifs unfold biomorphic traits that are reminiscent of one of Oberkofler’s main themes: the animal as a mirror of man. Objects from the Folk Art Museum and the Natural Science Collections of the Tyrolean State Museums are in dialogue with the artist's drawings.

Helena Pereña

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Installation view Tiroler Landesmuseen; Photo: Wolfgang Lackner

Gabriela Oberkofler

Detail Gegen Himmel, 2016, watercolour on paper, 225 × 114 cm

Gabriela Oberkofler

Gegen Himmel, 2016, watercolour on paper, 225 × 114 cm

Gabriela Oberkofler

Detail Vögel wartend, 2016, watercolour on paper, 114 × 220 cm

Gabriela Oberkofler

Vögel wartend, 2016, watercolour on paper, 114 × 220 cm

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