mail form
press contact
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | all |
Free Report ⇒ for free
Includes in addition to the profile of the artist an assessment of the gallery network, the presence in public collections accessible since 2004 and achieved worldwide attention throughout exhibitions.
Graphs and Charts ranking round out this summarizing document in pdf format.
Professional Report ⇒ only on request
Contains all the deep information , as well as price indices, market positioning in the art, latest auction results, a peer group comparison with regard to attention and potential value (price / Attention-ratio) and an opportunity-risk analysis. Reports are offered for artists who achieved a rank in the world league. These reports are chargeable and can not be created for every artist. For further information please follow the link.
| Franz West - artist's data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Franz West - Profile |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West has incessantly examined, expanded and irrevocably changed the notion of sculpture. The Â"PassstückeÂ" (Adaptives), which West first showed in 1980, laid the foundation for the sculpture as an object of participation. In fact, WestÂ's sculptures are in no way independent, finished works. It is only through interacting with the viewer that a sculpture finds its completion and fulfills its potential. This interaction may take place both on a physical and intellectual level. The idea of actually Â'usingÂ' the works of art, first expressed in the Â"PassstückeÂ", was further developed in the furniture that West began to produce in the 1980s. What is to be worked out, in the case of the former, by means of absurd gestures and improvised flows of movement, can be achieved with the latter by taking a break and reflecting (up)on the pieces of furniture. The objects, which Franz West describes as Â"legitimate sculpturesÂ", reach their completion through the exploration of ideas and chains of associations that are triggered in the visitorÂ's mind the instant he is looking at them. Using, meditating upon, and resting on WestÂ's pieces together constitute objectives of an art that juxtaposes its concreteness and abstraction with the viewer and his surroundings. In WestÂ's environments, where different groups of works are assembled to be experienced as a whole, all these aspects may coincide in the context of an exhibition. (Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
important exhibitions of Franz West |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
external Link to the website of the artist or his gallery/institution: Franz West |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galleries representing
Bärbel Grässlin Galerie |
Collections representing
Bonnefanten Museum |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
