He remembered playing in filthy, debris-littered streets where virtually all the residents had been Nazis. Born in Vienna in 1947, he grew up in a city lacerated by its war record. West never denied that his humour sprang from dark sources. His invitations to perch on the sofas and chairs felt like commandments: thou shalt giggle thou shalt chill out. His squidgy, effervescent, papier-mâché efflorations sent shivers up my spine, as did his collages of fashion, porn and newspaper images. He would bring art to the masses yet make them chuckle too. West’s profferings – zany, bulbous sculptures, kinky collages and funky furniture that he encouraged spectators to sit on – labelled him a cheeky Lord of Misrule. Rauch is ‘wrong sculpture’ and in being so hints to the work of Franz West in more general terms. …High quality global journalism requires investment. 29 August - 01 October - 2014 Rauch In any society there are rules and conventions that lay out what in given context constitutes wrong in the treatment of animals, attire, consumption of food and sex. Rachel Spence says in The Finacial Times about Franz West:įranz West is often described as the arch joker in a pack of late 20th-century sculptors known for their irreverent cornucopias of materials. In 2014 I visited the Belgian city Oostende (Ostend) for an exhibition “The Sea” which was curated mainly by the Ghent curator Jan Hoet, who unfortunately died before the exhibition opened and made the other instigators decide to make the exhibition a tribute to Jan Hoet Bateau Imaginaire – Chair Installation by Franz West and Heimo Zobernig Artist : Franz West Daily Art Fair is the International modern and contemporary art galleries for Current, Past and Futur Galleries exhibitions all around the world.
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