![]() ![]() A year later (2012) he died in Vienna, where he was born and where he lived most of his life. In 2011 he was awarded the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale for his entire oeuvre. Invitations for Documenta also followed: 19. This too is a “portable” form, in which sculpture goes hand in hand with the performance.įranz West represented Austria at the Venice Biennale in 1988, 1993, 19. 533 West 19th Street NY 10011 New York USA T map contact gallery. An imperfect, geometric, convex shape, one and a half meters in diameter, made of car-painted aluminum that appears to float just above the plinth. In 2009, the first edition of ART ZUID, West’s Sphairos was shown. He is seen as a key figure in late twentieth century European art. ![]() Belonging to the generation of artists exposed to Actionist and Performance Art of the 1960s and 70s, West instinctively rejected the traditionally passive nature of the relationship between artwork and viewer. West built up a considerable oeuvre in thirty years. Gagosian Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new sculptures by Franz West. Ranging from sofas and chairs, his exhibition areas looked like lounges. ![]() Later on he experimented with integrating all kinds of furniture into his work. His Paszstücke were intended as movable sculptures and were exhibited around that time. In addition to this he started using aluminum in the 1980s. Initially, before his training, he worked with papier-mâché, but later also with polyester. In the mid-1970s he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna, but soon left painting and opted for assemblages and installations. Franz West was a sculptor, graphic and installation artist, performance maker and land artist. ![]()
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