Franz West
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1947 - 2012
Born in Vienna (AT), died in Vienna (AT).
Franz West is a key figure in the revival of the once so influential Viennese art scene. In his work, that is at once impressive and light-footed, form and function are more compatible than mutually exclusive. With an affinity for dark, anarchic humour, West walks the tightrope between 'pure' and applied art, between lofty aesthetics and frank knickknacks, between culture with a capital and a lower-case 'c'.
Works
>Franz West, Untitled, 1983-1989.Installation, 3 parts: papier maché, (pigmented) gypsum, iron, mesh, painting 80 x 102 x 10 cm, pedestal (96 x 87 x 40 cm) + cone.
>Franz West, Uncle-Chair, 2005.Installation, metal, plexi, 87 x 51 x 45 cm.
>Franz West, Hain [Grove], 2006.Object, metal, perspex, tl-lamp, 295 x 130 x 95 cm.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Bornem - Gedeelde Ruimte. 03 May 2014 - 25 May 2014.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Herzele – Beyond words. 03 April 2015 - 03 May 2015.
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> Exhibition: Mo(uve)ments. 25 June 2000 - 24 September 2000.
> Exhibition: Museumnacht: Topstukken in de nacht . 01 August 2015.
> Exhibition: Recent acquisitions. 14 August 2015 - 31 January 2016.
> Exhibition: The Collection. 28 April 2017 - 31 December 2021.
> Exhibition: The collection XX: Jubilee. Who's got the Big Picture?. 29 June 2007 - 18 November 2007.
> Exhibition: The collection XXXIII – The Collection as a Character. 07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.
> Exhibition: The collection XXX – The Museum of Forgotten History, with intervention by Maarten Vanden Eynde. 29 June 2012 - 16 September 2012.
> Exhibition: The Eightees – A Decade of Extremes. 17 June 2016 - 18 September 2016.
> Ensemble: Aanwinsten 2014 [Acquisitions 2014].
> Ensemble: ARCHIEF JEF LAMBRECHT.
> Ensemble: Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
> Ensemble: ESTATE JEF LAMBRECHT.
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
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> Ensemble: Passing Pieces.