5/4/2023 0 Comments Franz westHe famously stated that “it doesn’t matter what art looks like but how it’s used”, arguing that there is beauty in function. ![]() Light-weight and only a few feet in size, these portable sculptures are interactive, demanding the viewer’s intervention rather than observation. West began constructing his sculptures in the mid 1970s, and by using papier-mâché, wire, plaster or polyester, he could easily sculpt abstract organic forms that would later harden to become rock solid. With this breakout body of work, West redefined the spectator’s experience with sculpture by creating an active dialogue between the two.īelieving that art should have a function, West’s sculptures are both physically and intellectually immersive for the viewer, and it is through his experimental and innovative use of form, materials, language, and colour that West set a new precedent for sculpture from the second half of the twentieth century. ![]() West was heavily influenced by various performance art movements of the 1960s, including the Viennese Actionists, which he reinterpreted into his interactive papier-mâché Adaptives series. Internationally celebrated for his humorous and playfully ambiguous sculptures, Franz West revolutionised the concept of sculpture through his pioneering efforts that explored the relationship between art and the viewer. ![]() This retrospective of Franz West indoor sculptures features works spanning three decades of the artist’s career – from 1980 to 2010 – and traces the development of his legendary papier-mâché sculptures.įrom West’s early Adaptives, also known as Paßstücke, through his progression into what he called Legitimate Sculptures, this exhibition coincides with the retrospective being held at the Tate Modern.
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