Raphael Pohl (*1998 in Italy) lives and works in Vienna. He studied sculpture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. His works deal with illusory realities, narrative structures, and metaphorical entanglements by placing found objects in new, sensitive spatial contexts. He uses kitsch in his text fragments ironically to make social tensions and contradictions visible, focusing on the interplay of presence and absence, which is emphasized by filmic elements and situational interventions. During exhibitions, these objects shift positions, disappear, or reemerge—constantly in flux—underscoring the ephemeral nature of materiality. Everyday situations—such as a mother on a park bench—thus become symbols of perpetual change, raising questions about whether complete narratives are even possible. By reducing and rearranging fragments, Pohl further questions the status of materiality, time, and identity in a reality that is always in motion.

Pohl’s works, merging objects and narrative film, have been shown in the MUSEION – Museum for Modern and Contemporary art Bolzano (2024), Kunstverein Schattendorf (2024), NKW Vienna (2024), FormAT Space in Wageningen (2023), Skulpturinstitut in Vienna (2023), Kunsthalle West in Lana (2022), Parallel Vienna (2022), Oststation in Vienna (2022), STOA169 in Munich (2021), U55 in Berlin (2021), and the Heiligenkreuzerhof in Vienna (2021).