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Franz West    (Austrian, 1947-2012)

 Franz West - Creativity: Furniture Reversal (Installations) h: 28.5 x w: 38 x d: 28 in / h: 72.4 x w: 96.5 x d: 71.1 cm
Franz West
Creativity: Furniture Reversal 1998
 
 Franz West - Kleines Passstück (Small Adaptive) (Sculptures) h: 74.4 x w: 7.9 x d: 9.1 in / h: 189 x w: 20.1 x d: 23.1 cm
Franz West
Kleines Passstück (Small Adaptive) 2001
 
 Franz West - Untitled, c.a. 1988 (Installations) h: 15.5 x w: 10.5 x d: 2.8 in / h: 39.4 x w: 26.7 x d: 7.1 cm
Franz West
Untitled, c.a. 1988
 

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
2012 Sculpture, Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong
2012 Stolen Fantasy, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
2012 Artandpress, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2012 Man With A Ball, Gagosian Gallery, London (solo)
2012 Gold, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
2011 Haubrok shows, Berlin, Germany
2011 Epiphanien, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria (solo)
2011 Zeitgenössische Raumkunst, Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
2011 Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 Furniture, Gagosian Gallery, Athens, Greece (solo)
2010 Compass in hand. Selección de la Colección de dibujo contemporáneo de la Fundación Judith Rothschild, IVAM, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
2010 Move: Choreographing You - Hayward Gallery, London (England)
2010 The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, The New Decor, Moscow
2010 Villa Schöningen, Potsdam
2010 Deichtorhallen, Julia Stoschek Collection, Hamburg
2010 New Museum, Skin Fruit. Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New York
2010 Press Art - Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel - Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg
2010 EXPEDIT 11 - Werkstadt Graz, Graz
2010 Jeder Künstler ist ein Mensch – Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
2010 Marguelis Collection at the Warehouse, Sculpture and Video, Miami Beach
2010 Terre Vulnerabili, a growing exhibition, Hangar Bicocca | spazio d’arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2010 James Ensor, Hareng Saur: Ensor et l'art contemporain - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
2010 Cosa fa la mia anima mentre sto lavorando? GAM - Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Gallarate, Gallarte
2010 The New Decor, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, GCCC, Moscow
2010 Auswertung der Flugdaten, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - im Ständehaus, Dusseldorf
2010 Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex, CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Hayward Gallery, 'Dance & Art', London
2010 Kunsthalle Hamburg, Choreographing You: Fifty Years of Art and Dance, Hamburg
2010 Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
2010 Vancouver Art Gallery, Freud and Art, Vancouver
2010 FischGrätenMelkStand - - Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin
2010 Skulpturen, Objekte und Installationen - Galerie Kunst & Handel, Graz
2010 The New Décor - Hayward Gallery, London (England)
2010 11. Triennale Kleinplastik - Larger Than Life - Stranger Than Fiction - Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach
2010 Modèles modèles 2 - Mamco - musée d _art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
2010 EXPEDIT 10 - Werkstadt Graz, Graz
2010 Jeunes pousses - FRAC - Languedoc-Roussilon, Montpellier
2010 Superficies del deseo - Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo - MUAC, Mexico City
2010 PRESS ART - Werke aus der Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel - Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen
2010 Long time no see - The Brno House of Arts - Central Building, Brno
2010 Ich weiß gar nicht, was Kunst ist - Einblicke in eine private Sammlung - MARTa Herford, Herford
2010 Vom Nutzen (Das Nützen), Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
2010 Skin Fruit, Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New Museum, New York, NY
2010 Roman Room, Gagosian Gallery, Rome
2010 Gallery Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium
2010 Madre, Autotheater, Napoli, Italy
2010 Kunsthaus Graz, Autotheater, Graz
2009 Autotheater, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2009 Im Garten der Lüste, Belvedere, Wien, Austria
2009 Franz West, Works from the 1990s, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY
2009 Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
2009 Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 The Ego and the Id, Public Art Fund, New York, NY
2009 Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Switzerland
2009 T-Tris : Un « jeu » de construction entre les collections de la Province de Hainaut, du Muhka et du Mudam - B.P.S.22 - Espace de Création Contemporaine, Charleroi
2009 Die Kunst ist super! - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
2009 Entre Seux Actes Loge de Comedienne - Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
2009 Mahlzeit! (Essen in der Kunst) - Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg
2009 Your Gold Teeth III - Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York City, NY
2009 summa summarum - Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen
2009 Images & (re)présentations - The 1980s – Part 2 - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble
2009 A GUEST + A HOST = A GHOST – Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens
2009 Sculpture Show - Eastside Projects, Birmingham (England)
2009 Galerie Almine Rech - Brussels, Brussels
2009 MOCA _s First Thirty Years - MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex - Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL
2009 The Irreverent Object - Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York City, NY
2009 PastPresentFuture - Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna
2009 brücken in die gegenwart 2009 Von Anzinger bis Kubin - Kunsthaus Muerz, Mürzzuschlag
2009 Sleepwalking - Temporary Gallery Cologne, Cologne
2009 Continuous Present - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2009 Best Of Kunstraum Innsbruck 2004-2009 - Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
2009 Werken, Fragmenten Van Een Collectie - Stuk Kunstcentrum, Leuven
2009 Männer Frauen - Kunstraum Grässlin, St. Georgen
2009 Bass Museum of Miami/La Colección Jumex, Where do we go from here?, Miami
2009 Palazzo Grassi/Punta della Dogana, Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection, Venice
2009 Galerie Patrick Seguin invites Galerie Eva Presenhuber, ‚We Are Sun-kissed and Snow-blind’, Paris
2009 Franz West und Atelier, ‘Base/Progetti per l’Arte’, Florence
2009 NRW-Forum, 'ufo', Düsseldorf
2009 Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
2009 OpenAir Galerie Ateliér, ArtClub Farní dvur, Stalky, Czech Republic
2009 Sammlungsausstellung, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
2009 Sculpture in Nature, Nature of Sculpture, Foundation 'De 11 lijnen', Oudenburg, Belgium
2009 Edition/Addition - Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Haydn explosiv - Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt
2009 La Vie Mode D'Emploi - Sutton Lane - Paris, Paris
2009 Yellow and Green - Positionen aus der Sammlung des MMK - Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main
2009 N _importe quoi - Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon
2009 CROSS OVER - Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna
2009 Herwig Weiser / Pierre Weiss / Franz West - galerie ColletPark, Paris
2009 Best of Austria. Eine kunstsammlung - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
2009 OFF THE WALL - Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York City, NY
2008 - 2009 To Build A House, Works 1972 - 2008, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Asymmetrische Kunst, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2008 Angewandte Kunst, MAK, Vienna (solo)
2008 Paßstück, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2008 The Hamster Wheel, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
2008 Sculpture Center, Gala Honoring Franz West, New York (solo)
2008 True Romance, Kunstahhe Wien, Vienna, Austria
2008 Antwerp Sculpture Show - Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (solo)
2007 Place Vendôme, FIAC, Paris (solo)
2007 Everstill, Fundación Federico García-Lorca, La Huerta de San Vicente, Granada, Spain
Gironcoli-Museum, Gironcolis Schüler, Herberstein, Austria
Sequence 1, Painting and Sculpture in the François Pinault Collection, Pallazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
52nd Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Critical Mass - Kritische Masse, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Over Under, Jubilee Park, Canary Wharf, London, UK
Comic Abstraction, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Shandyismus, Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria
Die Macht der Frauen, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Galeria Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal (solo)
Fabric, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Exit Music (For a Film), Galerie Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
Der Ficker, Fortescue Avenue / Jonathan Viner, London, UK
DUMP: Postmodern Sculpture in the Dissolved Field, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
2006 Modelle u.a., Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
3 Outdoor Sculptures, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Sit In, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Secondyry, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
2006 Gagosian Gallery, ‘Displacement and Condensation’, London (solo)
2005 Sculpture, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Einsteinhaus, Caputh, Germany
Dinge und Menschen, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Sale, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2004 Funky Lessons, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Tongue in Cheek: L'humour dans l'art contemporain, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, France
Gartenmöbel, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
Bernier / Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
Museo Tamayo, Zacatecas, Mexico
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman,Innsbruck, Austria
Hurdy Gurdy, James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Schloss Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Mostly West, Lincoln Center and Doris C. Freedman Plaza, New York, NY
Michelangelo Pistoletto/Franz West: Reflection Part 1, Sutton Lane, London, UK
Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
2004 The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, ‘7th & Penn Street‘, Pittsburgh (solo)
2003 Franzwestite: Franz West - works 1973-2003, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Sisyphos: Litter and Waste, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
We'll Not Carry Coals, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Spalt, Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Narcissus, Chapelle des Petits Augustins, Paris; Galerie de / di / bY, Paris
Akzidenzien, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Der Nagel, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Levitazione, Valentina Bonomo Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
2002 Franz West - Aussenskulptur, Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Meublage, Galerie Elisbeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria
Merciless, MassMoca, North Adams, MA
Franz West – Early Works, Berlin Projects, Berlin, Germany
Burning, MAC, Marseille, France
SMAK, Ghent, Belgium
Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2001 Appartement, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Gnadenlos/Merciless, MAK - Museum für Angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, Vienna, Austria
David Zwirner, New York, NY
Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Somerset House, London, UK
Notations Franz West 2Topia, Wexner Art Center, Columbus OH
Sammlung Ich sammle mich, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Mondschein, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
Osborge, Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Palacio de Velàzquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Aquarium, Ecole des Beaux-arts, Valenciennes, France
Franz West, Alpenglühn, Galerie Barbara Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
2000 Franz West: In & Out, Museum für Neue Kunst. ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Plakatentwürfe, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Die Aluskulptur, Galerie Elisabeth und Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria; Schlosspark Ambras, Innsbruck, Austria
Palacio Velàzquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Mies van der Rohe Pavillon, Barcelona, Spain
Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
Pre-Semblance & The Everyday, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Mike Kelley/Franz West, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, France
1999 Franz West, Roosem Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, Sweden
Franz West: Vom Feinsten, Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
Arbeitsplatte Franz West, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Real Stories II: Jeff Koons, Fischli & Weiss, Reinhard Mucha, Thomas Struth, Philip Taaffe, Franz West, Marianne Boesky Gallery and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
Franz West: Sculpture and Installation, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Cien Sillas, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
Mike Kelley/Franz West, Hôtel Empain, Brussels, Belgium
1998 Franz West, Openluchtmuseum voor beeldhouwkunst Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
Franz West: Die im Atelier fertiggestellte Ausstellung, Gallery Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Functional Objects & Related Works, A/D Gallery, New York, NY
Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Bar, with Heimo Zobernig, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot Paris, France
1997 Franz West. Recyclages, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Franz West: Projects, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Colabs and Combos, Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
Com eign Mab, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Franz West, Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Franz West. Stühle für die documenta X, Galerie Elisabeth und Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria
Proforma, Narodni Galerie v Praze, Prague, Czech Republic; Muzeum Sztuke w Lodzi, Lodz, Poland
Sculpture Projects in Münster, Münster, Germany
1996 Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia
Franz West: Gelegentliches – zu einer anderen Rezeption, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Franz West, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Proforma, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands; Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Suspension, Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria
Franz West: Eine Retrospektive, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Franz West: Collagen, Passtücke, Werke. 1972-1990, Galerie Kalb, Vienna, Austria
Franz West. New Sculptures and Installations, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Franz West und Hans Arp, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
Franz West: Leviten, Bonnefanten Museumm, Masstricht, The Netherlands
Franz West: Combi, Künstlerhaus Bregenz, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
1995 Carnegie International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
Franz West: La Carreta Verde, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, 1995, Madrid, Spain
Villa Arson, Nice , France
Franz West mit einer Geste von Raymond Hains: Telefonskulpturen, Sitz- und Liegegelegenheiten, Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
1994 Konversation, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Home Elements (A Retrospective), David Zwirner, New York, NY
Rest, DIA Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Franz West's Sammlung, Galerie Oliver Schweden, Munich, Germany
Raum Strohal, Vienna, Austria
Neue Werke, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Labor, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria
Test, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Galerie Vera Vita Gioja, Naples, Italy
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Investigations of American Art, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Der Fall von Graz, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Das bestellte Oval, Theseustempel, Vienna, Austria
Sur un plateau, Galerie Bruges la Morte, Bruges, Belgium
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
1992 Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie der Stadt Wels, Wels, Austria
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria
Untersuchungen zur amerikanischen Kunst, Galerie Foksal, Warsaw
1991 Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
Pis Aller (Doubled), Ealan Wingate Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Erika und Otto Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland
Etude de Couleur, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Galerie Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy
1990 Sala Boccioni, Milan, Italy
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
Kunstverein Horn, Horn, Germany
Defunctus, Jänner Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
44th Biennale di Venezia, Padigliono Austriaco, Venice, Italy
Galerie Karl-Heinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie Bruges la Morte, Bruges, Belgium
Rhona Hoffmann Gallery, Chicago, IL
Galleria Mario Pieroni, Rome, Italy
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria
Stichting de Appel Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Standard Graphik, Cologne, Germany
1989 Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Possibilities, P.S.1/The Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Seats and Sculptures, Koury-Wingate Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Giorgio Persano, Milan, Italy
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
1988 Galerija Studentski Kulturni Centar, Belgrade, Serbia
Galerie Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy
Schöne Aussicht, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Die Ernte des Tantalos, Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
Wegener Räume 2-5, Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria
Fontana Romana, Galerie Mario Pieroni, Rome, Italy
1987 - 1988 Ansicht, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1987 Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
De Lege Ruimte, Bruges, Belgium
1986 Legitime Skulpturen, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Christoph Dürr, Munich, Germany
1985 Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer präzisen Reise, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunsthandlung Hummel, Vienna, Austria
Franz West/Hans Kupelwieser, Kunstzentrum der Engelhorn Stiftung‘, Munich, Germany
1984 Im Klapperhof, Cologne, Germany
1983 Signaturalismen, Kunsthandlung Julius Hummel, Vienna, Austria
1980 Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria
Galerie Forme, Frankfurt, Germany
1979 Semantik und Verblödung, Galerie Forme, Frankfurt, Germany
1978 Neue Subtilitä, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
1977 Verblödung und Semantik, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
1976 Galerie Hamburger, Vienna, Austria

Literature
2008 Alexander, Darsie and Franz West. Franz West, To Build a House You Start With the Roof: Work 1972-2008. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008
2000 West, Franz. Franz West: In & Out. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2000
1999 Fleck, Robert. Franz West. London: Phaidon Press, 1999
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