Χώρος, Υποκείμενο, Αντικείμενο

Οι μορφές του Φώτη Χατζηιωαννίδη διακρίνονται για τη στιβαρότητά τους. Συχνά μετουσιώνουν το όραμα της ένωσης μέσα από φόρμες που εισέχουν, εξέχουν, έλκονται, ενώ όπως στην περίπτωση του έργου «Χώρος, Υποκείμενο, Αντικείμενο», όπου η σύνθεση μπορεί αρχικά να εκληφθεί ως προτομή, παραπέμπει σε φαλλικό σύμβολο, τονίζοντας τα χαρακτηριστικά του ανδρικού φύλου και τη γυμνότητα.

He was born in Xanthi in 1940. He studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts (A.F.S.A) (1959-1965). In 1971 he moved to Berlin, where he studied sculpture at the Staatliche Hochschule für bildende Kunst (1972-1977) with B. Heiliger. He then returned to Greece and since 1988 he was elected professor and taught at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
His sculpture is characterized by the exceptional treatment and the textural qualities of the material (mainly copper), the shaping and the symbiosis of principles ranging from classical to contemporary art, which is centred on the human form and more specifically on the torso, which, through successive metamorphoses and abstractions, he relates to natural or artificial shapes. When his "Torsos" refer not only to human forms but also to tree trunks or machine parts, his intention to convey the dynamic energy of the world, the unity of man-nature-technology, becomes evident, while his compositions exude a pervasive eroticism with forms that recall the characteristics of gender.