![]() ![]() In this retrospective exhibition, works are being shown from all periods of the artist's career, including fragile papier-mâché sculptures, collages on newsprint in artist's frames, and Franz West furniture. Solo exhibition at Arndt & Partner, BerlinĪrndt & Partner Berlin is pleased to present a selection of works by Franz West from various private collections. ![]() “Works from private collections (1972-2006)” In 2011 he was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennial. Numerous solo exhibitions of his work took place, for example at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1997), Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2002), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2003), Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna (2008) and in 2010 at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Museo d´Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Napels, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz. From 1992 to 1994 he was professor at the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main. In 1993 he was commissioned to create the contribution for the Austrian Pavilion at the Venice Biennial. ![]() West studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna, at Bruno Gironcoli. Communication and interaction with and through his art is always a central topic of his work. Thus illustrating neurosis: “I believe, if one could see neurosis, this is how they would look like“. The so called “Paßstücke“ were among his first body of works: freestanding, transportable, undefined forms made of plaster, papier mâché or metal which could be leaned or attached to the body as support, prosthesis or excrescence. Franz West had an early interest in sculpture. ![]()
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