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Franz West

(Austrian, 1947–2012)

Franz West

Knotze 5 (blau), 2002

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Biography

Timeline

1947: Born in Vienna
1977 - 1982: Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Prof. Bruno Gironcoli)
1987: Otto Mauer-Preis (award)
1992 - 1993: Teaching assignment at the Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
1994: Skultpuren-Preis of the EA Generali Foundation (award)
1998: Wolfgang Hahn-Preis (award)
2011: Goldener Löwe, 54. Biennale di Venezia, Venice
2012: Died in Vienna, Austria

Exhibitions

2019: Franz West Selected Exhibitions in 2019:
Dieter Roth and Franz West, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
Franz West, David Zwirner, London (solo exhibition)
Franz West: Works 1989-2011, Gagosian Gallery, Rome (solo exhibition)
The Last Waltz (For Leon), Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
2018: Franz West Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
Franz West, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris [itinerary: Tate Modern, London] (solo exhibition)
Take Me (I’m yours), The French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici, Rome
Faith Love Hope: 800 Years of the Graz-Seckau Diocese, Kunsthaus Graz Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
The Shape of Time, Kunst Historisches Museum Wien, Vienna
She sees the shadows, MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales
This Is Not a Prop, David Zwirner, New York
Biennale Gherdëina VI: Writing the Mountains, Urtijëi, Italy
2017: Franz West Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Franz West, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (solo exhibition)
Franz West: 1970-2010, Gagosian Gallery, Geneva (solo exhibition)Franz West: The Mathis Esterhazy Collection, Galerie Mezzanin, Geneva (solo exhibition)
Performance!: Les collections du Centre Pompidou, 1967-2017, lille3000, Lille, France
2016: Franz West Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Franz West – ARTISTCLUB, the 21er Haus, Vienna (solo exhibition)
Sculpture on the Move 1946-2016, Kunstmuseum Basel
2015: Franz West Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Franz West, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich (solo exhibition)
Dans un Intérieur. Meubles, œuvres murales & textiles d’artistes. Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels
Sleepless – The bed in history and contemporary art, 21er Haus, ViennaWORKS BY, Galeria Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
Works on Paper, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
2014: Franz West Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Franz West, David Zwirner, New York (solo exhibition)
Franz West: Les Pommes d’Adam, Hall Art Foundation at MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts (solo exhibition)
Franz West, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts (solo exhibition)
Franz West: Where is my Eight?, Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (solo exhibition)
Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer, Harmony Korine, Robert Rauschenberg, Julian Schnabel, Rudolf Stingel, Franz West, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Group Show, Gagosian Gallery, Rue de Ponthieu, Paris
No Problem: Cologne/New York 1984-1989, David Zwirner, New York
2013: Wo ist mein Achter? MMK, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
: Wo ist mein Achter? MUMOK, Wien, Austria (solo)
: Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland
: Man With A Ball, Gagosian Gallery, London (solo)
: Artandpress, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
: Stolen Fantasy, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
: Sculpture, Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong
: Gold, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
: Museo Picasso, Malaga, Spain (solo)
: West Reyle / Reyle West: Stolen Fantasy. Kollaboration von Franz West und Anselm Reyle 2010-2012, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Collaborations & Interventions, CCA Andratx, Mallorca
: Zwei Epiphanien, mit Gelatin, Schloss Damtschach, Germany (solo)
: Ian Potter Museum, Melbourne, Australia
: Painting Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2012: Alone Together, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
: 20/21er Haus, Vienna, Austria (solo)
: Anti/Form, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
: Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
: Zeitgenössische Raumkunst, Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
: Images From a Floating World 18th & 19th Century Japanese Erotic Prints and the Echo in Modern and Contemporary Artm, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York/NY, USA
: Things are queer. Highlights aus der Sammlung Unicredit , MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
: Move - Kunst und Tanz seit den 60ern, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
: Franz West: Room in London, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK (solo)
: Kompass – Zeichnungen aus dem Museum of Modern Art New York, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
: 54th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale de Venezia, Venice, Italy
: Epiphanien, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria (solo)
: Haubrok shows, Berlin, Germany
2011: Furniture, Gagosian Gallery, Athens, Greece (solo)
: Move - Kunst und Tanz seit den 60ern, Haus der Kunst München, Munich, Germany
: Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex, CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
: Hayward Gallery, 'Dance & Art', London
: Kunsthalle Hamburg, Choreographing You: Fifty Years of Art and Dance, Hamburg
: Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
: Vancouver Art Gallery, Freud and Art, Vancouver
: FischGrätenMelkStand - - Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin
: Skulpturen, Objekte und Installationen - Galerie Kunst & Handel, Graz
: The New Décor - Hayward Gallery, London (England)
: EXPEDIT 10 - Werkstadt Graz, Graz
: Modèles modèles 2 - Mamco - musée d _art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
: Jeunes pousses - FRAC - Languedoc-Roussilon, Montpellier
: Superficies del deseo - Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo - MUAC, Mexico City
: PRESS ART - Werke aus der Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel - Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen
: Long time no see - The Brno House of Arts - Central Building, Brno
: Ich weiß gar nicht, was Kunst ist - Einblicke in eine private Sammlung - MARTa Herford, Herford
: Auswertung der Flugdaten, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - im Ständehaus, Dusseldorf
: 11. Triennale Kleinplastik - Larger Than Life - Stranger Than Fiction - Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach
: The New Decor, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, GCCC, Moscow
: New Museum, Skin Fruit. Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New York
: James Ensor, Hareng Saur: Ensor et l'art contemporain - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
: Cosa fa la mia anima mentre sto lavorando? GAM - Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Gallarate, Gallarte
2010: Vom Nutzen (Das Nützen), Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
: Skin Fruit, Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New Museum, New York, NY
: Roman Room, Gagosian Gallery, Rome
: Gallery Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium
: Kunsthaus Graz, Autotheater, Graz
: Compass in hand. Selección de la Colección de dibujo contemporáneo de la Fundación Judith Rothschild, IVAM, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
: Move: Choreographing You - Hayward Gallery, London (England)
: Madre, Autotheater, Napoli, Italy
: Villa Schöningen, Potsdam
: Deichtorhallen, Julia Stoschek Collection, Hamburg
: Press Art - Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel - Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg
: EXPEDIT 11 - Werkstadt Graz, Graz
: Jeder Künstler ist ein Mensch – Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
: Marguelis Collection at the Warehouse, Sculpture and Video, Miami Beach
: The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, The New Decor, Moscow
: Terre Vulnerabili, a growing exhibition, Hangar Bicocca | spazio d’arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy
: Yellow and Green - Positionen aus der Sammlung des MMK - Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main
: La Vie Mode D'Emploi - Sutton Lane - Paris, Paris
: Haydn explosiv - Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt
: Edition/Addition - Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
: OpenAir Galerie Ateliér, ArtClub Farní dvur, Stalky, Czech Republic
: Sammlungsausstellung, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
: N _importe quoi - Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon
: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
: Sculpture in Nature, Nature of Sculpture, Foundation 'De 11 lijnen', Oudenburg, Belgium
: CROSS OVER - Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna
: The Ego and the Id, Public Art Fund, New York, NY
: Best of Austria. Eine kunstsammlung - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
: OFF THE WALL - Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York City, NY
: Autotheater, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
: Im Garten der Lüste, Belvedere, Wien, Austria
: Franz West, Works from the 1990s, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY
: Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
: Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
: Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Switzerland
: NRW-Forum, 'ufo', Düsseldorf
: Herwig Weiser / Pierre Weiss / Franz West - galerie ColletPark, Paris
: Franz West und Atelier, ‘Base/Progetti per l’Arte’, Florence
: A GUEST + A HOST = A GHOST – Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens
: Palazzo Grassi/Punta della Dogana, Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection, Venice
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
: Die Kunst ist super! - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
: Entre Seux Actes Loge de Comedienne - Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
: Mahlzeit! (Essen in der Kunst) - Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg
: Your Gold Teeth III - Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York City, NY
: summa summarum - Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen
: Images & (re)présentations - The 1980s – Part 2 - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble
: Sculpture Show - Eastside Projects, Birmingham (England)
: Galerie Almine Rech - Brussels, Brussels
: MOCA _s First Thirty Years - MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
: Galerie Patrick Seguin invites Galerie Eva Presenhuber, ‚We Are Sun-kissed and Snow-blind’, Paris
: The Irreverent Object - Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York City, NY
: Bass Museum of Miami/La Colección Jumex, Where do we go from here?, Miami
: Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex - Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL
: Werken, Fragmenten Van Een Collectie - Stuk Kunstcentrum, Leuven
: Best Of Kunstraum Innsbruck 2004-2009 - Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
: Männer Frauen - Kunstraum Grässlin, St. Georgen
: Sleepwalking - Temporary Gallery Cologne, Cologne
: brücken in die gegenwart 2009 Von Anzinger bis Kubin - Kunsthaus Muerz, Mürzzuschlag
: PastPresentFuture - Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna
: Continuous Present - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2008 - 2009: To Build A House, Works 1972 - 2008, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
: True Romance, Kunstahhe Wien, Vienna, Austria
2008: Asymmetrische Kunst, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
: Angewandte Kunst, MAK, Vienna (solo)
: Paßstück, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: The Hamster Wheel, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
: Sculpture Center, Gala Honoring Franz West, New York (solo)
: Antwerp Sculpture Show - Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (solo)
: 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
2007: Place Vendôme, FIAC, Paris (solo)
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
: 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
: 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

Public Collections

: MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), North Adams,
: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
: Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
: Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
: Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
: Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
: Philadelphia Museum of Art
: CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Malága, Spain
: Albertina Museum, Vienna
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Tate Gallery, London, UK
: S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, Belgium
: Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain
: Palazzo Grassi, François Pinault Foundation,Venice, Italy
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
: Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
: ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany

Literature

2013: Franz West: Wo ist mein Achter?. (2013). Austria: mumok, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, MMK.
2011: Franz West schrieb, Texte von 1975-2010, Hrsg. Hans Ulrich Obrist und Ines Turian, Verlag Walter König, Köln 2011
2010: Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ed.), Neugierig? Kunst des 21. Jahrhunderts aus privaten Sammlungen, Bonn, 2010, p. 182 –183
2009: Mahlzeit, Essen in der Kunst, Galerie im Trakelhaus, Salzburg, Jung und Jung Verlag, Wien, p.125, 2009
: The Museum of Modern Art, The Judith Rothschild Foundation. Contemporary Drawings Collection, Compass in Hand, New York, 2009, pp. 280-281
: The Museum of Modern Art, The Judith Rothschild Foundation. Contemporary Drawings Collection, Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2009, p. 279
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

Franz West

(Austrian, 1947–2012)

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