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Franz West

Nasce nel 1947 a Vienna. Dopo una produzione giovanile segnata dall’interesse per la pittura e il collage, formatosi nella Vienna degli anni ’60-’70 dominata dall’Azionismo Viennese e dalla Performance Art, dal 1974 inizia a produrre i celebri Passstücke, sculture in carta pesta, gesso, metallo dalla forte componente performativa e interattiva. La scultura per West è una risposta al meccanismo di azione e reazione che sta alla base del rapporto tra spettatore e oggetto. Anche quando negli anni ‘80 l’artista passa alle sculture di grandi dimensioni, realizzate con materiali più resistenti come poliestere o alluminio, le sue forme antropomorfe ma astratte ricordano composizioni leggere e manipolabili.


SELEZIONE ESPOSIZIONI PERSONALI:

1970

Vienna, Galerie Hamburger

1971

Graz, L’Equipe, Diskothek

1974

Vienna, Atrium, Diskothek

1977

Vienna, Galerie Nachst St. Stephan, Neue Subtilitat

1979

Francoforte, Galerie Forme, Semantik und Verblodung

1980

Vienna, Galerie Nachst St. Stephan
Innsbruck, Galerie Krinzinger

1981

Basilea, Galerie Palazzo

1983

Vienna, Kunsthandlung Hummel, Signaturalismen

1984

Colonia, Im Klapperhof

1985

Monaco, Kunstzentrum der Engelhorn Stiftung, Franz West / Hans Kupelwieser

1986

Colonia, Galerie Max Hetzler
Vienna, Galerie Peter Pakesch
Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Legitime Skulpturen

1988

Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Berna, Kunsthalle Bern
Torino, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Brandl – West
Stoccarda, Galerie Isabella, Neue Skulpturen

1989

New York, MoMA PS1, Possibilities
Milano, Galleria Giorgio Persano
New York, Editions Julie Sylvester, Homemades – Accomodes
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

1990

Venezia, Biennale di Venezia
Chicago, Rhona Hoffman Gallery
Amsterdam, Stichting de Appel Museum, Franz West/Otto Zitko
Parigi, Musée de l’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Herbert Brandl/Ernst Caramelle/Franz West
Vienna, Janner Galerie, Defunctus

1991

Nizza, Villa Arson, Etude de Couleur
Salisburgo, Salzburger Kunstverein, Bruckenkopfe
Colonia, Galerie Max Hetzler
Torino, Galleria Giorgio Persano

1992

Francoforte, Galerie Grasslin-Ehrhardt

1993

Napoli, Galleria Vera Vita Gioia (con Ettore Spalletti)
Los Angeles, Burnett Miller Gallery, Franz West/Denzil Hurley
New York, David Zwirner, Investigations of American Art
Ginevra, Musée de l’Art Contemporain, 3 older 17

1994

Londra, Lisson Gallery, Konversation
New York, David Zwirner, Home Elements (A Retrospective)
New York, DIA Center for the Arts, Rest
Graz, Neue Galerie Graz, Labor (con Michelangelo Pistoletto)
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Test

1996

Parigi, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Franz West Personale
Vienna, Galerie Kalb
Maastricht, Bonnefanten Museum, Leviten
New York, David Zwirner, New Works
Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig 20er Haus, Proforma
Amburgo, Kunstverein in Hamburg, West/Harp
Francoforte, Galerie Barbel Grasslin, Franz West – eine Retrospektive

1997

Oporto, Fundacao de Serralves, Franz West
New York, Project Room. Museum of Modern Art, Spatial Problems
Zurigo, Galerie Walcheturm, Colabs eign Mab

1998

New York, David Zwirner, Bar, with Heimo Zobernig
Tokyo, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Franz West
Antwerp, Openluchtmuseum voor Beeldhouwkunst Middelheim, Franz West

1999

Vienna, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Franz West/Heimo Zobernig
New York, David Zwirner, Franz West
Malmo, Rooseum, Franz West
Zurigo, Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Vom Feinsten

2000

Roma, Villa Medici, Atelier del Bosco
Roma, Accademia di ungheria, Domenico Bianchi/Franz West: intorno a Borromini
Milano, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Ettore Spalletti/Franz West
Karlsruhe, Museum fur Neue kunst, In & Out
Chicago, Renaissance Society, Pre-Semblance and the everyday

2001

Berlino, Berlin Projects, Early Works
Amburgo, Deichtorhallen, Appartement
Vienna, Museum fur agewandte Kunst, Gnadenlos/Mercilles
Londra, Gagosia Gallery, Franz West
Madrid, Palacio de Velazquez – Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, In & Out

2002

Marsiglia, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Burning
North Adams, Massachussetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Merciless

2003

Bregenz, Kunsthas Bregenz, We’ll not carry coals
Londra, Whitechapel Gallery, Franz West – Works 1973-2003
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Franz West, Sisyphos: Litter and Waste
Roma, Valentina Bonomo Arte Contemporanea, Franz West

2004

New York, Lincoln Center and Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Franz West: Recent sculptures
Londra, Sutton Lane, Reflection Part 1: Michelangelo Pistoletto/Franz West

2005

Beverly Hills, Gagosian Gallery, Franz West: Sale
Salisburgo, Ruzicksa Gallery, Franz West: Early Work

2007

Londra, Gagosian Gallery, Franz West: Displacement and Condensation

2008

Baltimora, Baltimore Museum of Art, To Build A House you Start With the Roof
Vienna, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Sit on My Chair, Lay on My Bed
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Franz West: Passstuke

2009

Città del Messico, Museo Tamayo, White Elephant
Basilea, Fondation Beyeler, Franz West
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, To Build A House You Start With The Roof

2010

Colonia, Museum Ludwig; Napoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Autotheater
Roma, Gagosian Gallery, Roman Room

2012

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Franz West

2013

Francoforte, Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Franz West: Where is My Eight

2014

New York, David Zwirner, Franz West

2015

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Franz West: Moebelskulpturen/Furniture Works
Zurigo, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Franz West

2017

Antwerp, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Franz West
Ginevra, Gagosian, Franz West: Works 1970 – 2010

2018

Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidou; Londra, Tate Modern, Franz West

2019

Londra, Tate London, Franz West

 

SELEZIONE ESPOSIZIONI COLLETTIVE:

1980

Vienna, Kunsthandlung Hummel, Eros

1982

Vienna, Galerie Nachst St. Stephan, Neue Skulptur
Vienna, Wiener Secession, Object und Plastik

1984

Vienna, Kunsthandlung Hummel, Kunst mit Fotografie
Budapest, Biennale fur Kleinplastik

1985

Zurigo, Kunsthaus Zurich, Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer prazisen Reise
Bochum, Museum Bochum, Neue Wege des plastichen Gestaltens
Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Trigon 85

1986

Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, Skulptur Sein
Budapest, Kunsthalle Budapest, Zuruck zur Farbe

1987

Nizza, Villa Arson, Sous le soleil
Münster, Skulptur Projecte Munster

1988

Venezia, XLIII Biennale di Venezia, Aperto 88
Berlino, Hamburger Bahnhof, Zeitlos

1989

Milano, Palazzo della Permanente, Kunst, Bozen
Gent, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Open Mind

1990

Londra, The Institute of Contemporary Art – Serpentine Gallery, Possible Worlds
Toulon, Musée de Toulon, Vienne Aujourd’hui
New York, MoMA PS1 – Institute of Contemporary Art, Casino fantasma
Friburgo, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Fribourg, A la Recherche de l’Eden – Vienne 1950-1990

1991

Berlino, Martin Gropius Bau, Metropolis
Barcellona, Fundacio Caixa de Pensionis, Opac
Amburgo, Kunstverein; Dresda, Galerie der Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Kunst Europa. Junge kunst aus Osterreich

1992

Kassel, Documenta IX
Colonia, Museum Ludwig, Ars Pro Domo
Amburgo, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Words don’t come easy

1993

Kassel, Museum Fridericianum, Museum auf Zeit
Berna, Kunsthalle Bern, 75 Jahre Kunsthalle Bern
Budapest, Kunsthalle Budapest, Spiel ohne Grenzen

1994

Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidou, Hors Limities: L’Art et la Vie 1952-1994
Milano, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Naked City
Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Jetztzeit

1995

Losanna, Biennale Internationale de Lausanne
Londra, Serpentine Gallery, Take me (I’m yours)
Philadelphia, The Carnegie Museum of Art, 1995 Carnegie International

1996

Prato, Centro Luigi Pecci, Habitus Abito Abitare
Sydney, Sydney Biennial
Roma, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Mauri, Risonanza 1996
Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Die Schrift des Raumes

1997

Denver, Denver Art Museum; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, The Austrian vision – Positions of Contemporary Art
Budapest, Museum Ludwig, Schwere-Los
Münster, Skulptur Projekte
Venezia, Biennale di Venezia
Kassel, Documenta X
New York, Independent Curators Incorporated, Do it
Lione, Lyon Biennale

1998

Prato, Museo Luigi Pecci, 10 – Intensità in Europa
San Paolo, Biennale Sao Paulo
Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux Arts, Austria im Rosennets
New York, Museum of Modern Art, More pieces for the puzzle: Recent Additions to the Collection
New York, Postmasters, Useful
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, (itinerante), Out of Actions, Between performance and the object. 1949-1979

2000

Londra, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Protest & Survive
Milano, PAC, La forma del mondo/La fine del mondo
Lucerna, Neues Kunstmuseum Luzern, Mixing memory and desire
Sydney, 12th Biennal of Sydney
Torino, Castello di Rivoli, Quotidiana – The continuity of everyday in 20th Century art

2001

Colonia, Museum Ludwig
New York, Museum of Modern Art New York, Parkett – Collaborations Editions since 1984

2002

Londra, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer exhibition 2002

2003

Venezia, La Biennale di Venezia
Bruxelles, Musée des Arts Contemporains, Le Beau Corps de la Mémoire

2004

Madrid, Reina Sofia, Los Monocromos
Berlino, Hamburger Bahnhof, Sammlung Friedrich Christian Flick

2005

Colonia, Museum Ludwig, Kunst in Schokolade
New York, Gavin Brown enterprise, Drunk vs Stoned 2

2006

Washington, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas: Recent Sculpture
Barcellona, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Public Space/Two Audiences: works and document from the Herbert Collection. Inventaire

2007

Venezia, 52 Biennale di Venezia
Venezia, Palazzo Grassi, Sequence 1. Painting and Sculpture from Francois Pinault Collection
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Comic Abstraction

2009

New York, MoMA, Sculpture in Color, Skulpturengarten MoMA
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Entre deus Actes – Loge de Comédienne

2010

Londra, Hayward Gallery, The New Décor
Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial

2011

Gent, S.M.A.K., Collection Presentation
Milano, Hangar Bicocca, Terre Vulnerabili III
Venezia, 54 Biennale di Venezia

2012

Berlino, Martin Gropius Bau, Art and Press

2014

New York, David Zwirner, No problem: Cologne/New York 1984-1989
Londra, Hauser & Wirth, Hans Arp, Chance – Form – Language (and a FRANZWESTigation)

2015

Parigi, Monnaie de Paris, Take me, I’m yours
Copenaghen, Kunsthall Carlottenborg, Paul McCarthy, Franz West, Peter Lundat Chart Art Fair
Milano, Museo della Triennale, Austrian Design Explosion
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, S,M,L,XL
Salisburgo, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Dinge bewegen

2016

Salisburgo, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Anti:modern
New York, The Drawing Center, Drawing Dialogues: The Sol LeWitt Collection
Basilea, Kunstmuseum Basel, Sculpture on the move

2017

Venezia, 57 Biennale di Venezia