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Franz West    (Austrian, 1947)

 Franz West - Ossi aussi Ossi (Easterner Also Easterner) (Sculptures) h: 13.8 x w: 50 in / h: 35.1 x w: 127 cm
Franz West
Ossi aussi Ossi (Easterner Also Easterner) 1984
 
 Franz West - Paßstück (Sculptures) h: 39.8 x w: 11 x d: 12.6 in / h: 101.1 x w: 27.9 x d: 32 cm
Franz West
Paßstück 1979
 
 Franz West - Studi Romani di Colore  / Study of Roman Color (II) (Sculptures) h: 15 x w: 21.5 x d: 10.2 in / h: 38.1 x w: 54.6 x d: 25.9 cm
Franz West
Studi Romani di Colore / Study of Roman Color (II) 1990
 
 Franz West - Studi Romani di Colore / Study of Roman Color (III) (Sculptures) h: 13.8 x w: 29.5 x d: 15.8 in / h: 35.1 x w: 74.9 x d: 40.1 cm
Franz West
Studi Romani di Colore / Study of Roman Color (III) 1990
 
 Franz West - Untitled (Crowd) (Paintings) h: 13 x w: 10 in / h: 33 x w: 25.4 cm
Franz West
Untitled (Crowd) 1974
 
 

Biography
1947 Born in Vienna
1977 - 1982 Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Prof. Bruno Gironcoli)
1987 Otto Mauer-Preis (award)
1994 Skultpuren-Preis of the EA Generali Foundation (award)
1998 Wolfgang Hahn-Preis (award)
Lives and works in Vienna

Exhibitions
2008 The Hamster Wheel, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
2008 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore (solo)
2008 Angewandte Kunst, MAK, Vienna (solo)
2008 Asymmetrische Kunst, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich (solo)
2008 Passstücke, Gagosian Gallery, New York (solo)
2007 Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh
2007 Fundación Federico García-Lorca, La Huerta de San Vicente (Granada)
2007 Gironcoli-Museum, Gironcolis Schüler, Herberstein
2007 Pallazzo Grassi, Collection Francois Pinault, Venice
2007 52. Biennale di Venezia, Venice
2007 Couvent de Cordeliers, Paris, and Salle de Bal, Vienna, Freudian Rhapsody
2007 Kunsthalle Bern, Critical Mass - Kritische Masse, Bern
2007 Canary Wharf, GB
2007 MoMA, Comic Abstraction, New York
2007 Vienna Secession, Shandyismus, Vienna
2007 Galeria Mario Sequeira, Braga (solo)
2007 Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna (solo)
2007 MUMOK, Vienna (solo)
2007 Hermitage, St. Petersburg (solo)
2007 Valentina Bonomo, Rome (solo)
2007 Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw (solo)
2007 Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (solo)
2007 MACRO, Rome (solo)
2007 Museum Joanneum, Graz (solo)
2007 Galerie Grässlin, Frankfurt (solo)
2007 Fabric, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt (solo)
2007 Exit Music (For a Film) (curated by Michelle Lopez), Galerie Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich
2007 Der Ficker, Fortescue Avenue / Jonathan Viner, London
2007 DUMP: Postmodern Sculpture in dissolved field, National Museum, Oslo
2006 Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich (solo)
2003 Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Spalt, Zurich (solo)
2003 Whitechapel Gallery, London
2003 Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2003 Gagosian Gallery, New York
2002 Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Franz West - Aussenskulptur, Zurich (solo)
2001 Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía
1999 Franz West, Roosem Museum Malmo, Sweden
1998 Franz West, David Zwirner Gallery New York, NY
1998 Franz West, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot Paris, France
1998 David Zwirner Gallery New York, NY
1997 Solo exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art
1997 Kassel, Germany; Sculpture Projects in Münster
1996 Sydney Biennial Sydney, Australia
1995 Carnegie International Exhibition Pittsburgh, PA
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