A release notes that, if the owners want, they can be kept anonymous in the catalogue raisonné. The Franz West Privatstiftung asks collectors, museums, and galleries to come forward if they own any works by West. The first volume will focus on West’s outdoor sculptures, which have appeared at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, MASS MoCA, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and many other locations. It looks friendly, accessible, appealing. (The Archiv Franz West recently disputed the authenticity of the works in the Gagosian show, calling them “unauthorized” versions, though, at this time of writing, a federal judge has ruled that they will remain on view.)īecause of the size and breadth of West’s oeuvre, the catalogue raisonné will be several volumes. 19, 2008 BALTIMORE The Austrian artist Franz West is an interesting sculptor and, as a godfather of the lately popular grunge aesthetic, enormously influential. Franz West’s far-reaching, messy, irrepressible yet difficult retrospective at Tate Modern feels like that forest. Currently, Gagosian Gallery is showing West’s “Möbelskulpturen,” or furniture works, in the city. ISBN: 9781941701102 Retail: 65 42 57 Status: Available Franz West Franz West (19472012) began exhibiting his work in the 1970s and gained international recognition in the 1980s, with significant shows at such venues as the Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz Secession, Vienna (both 1986) Skulptur. For his Passstücke, or Adaptives, developed in the 1970s, he coated. The Franz West Privatstiftung announced today it is currently prepping a catalogue raisonné for Franz West, the Austrian artist best known for sculptural works that he made with materials like plaster and papier-mâché.ĭesign-inspired sculptural work by West, who died at age 65 in 2012, could be seen last year at David Zwirner in New York. Austrian artist Franz West never cared much for works that simply hung on walls.

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