Vienna, 1947 – 2012.
La sua carriera ha inizio nel campo della pittura, per poi rivolgersi al collage e alla realizzazione di sculture su larga scala o portatili, spesso realizzate in cartapesta, poliestere, alluminio e filo metallico, che lui ribattezza “Adaptives”. Lavorando con materiali economici come la cartapesta e l’intonaco, West realizza sculture giocose e divertenti, dai colori brilanti, che evidenziano le nostre interazioni con l’arte e tra di noi. Le sue opere si trovano in importanti collezioni tra cui: Tate Modern, Londra; MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York; MuHKA, Antwerpen; Museo MADRE, Napoli. Nel 1986 è insignito del Otto Mauer-Preis aVienna, nel 1993 riceve invece il Skulpturenpreis der Generali Foundation e nel 1998 il Wolfgang-Hahn-Preis, Museum Ludwig, a Colonia. Nel 2011 riceve il Leone d’Oro alla carriera alla Biennale di Venezia e una Medaglia per le scienze e per le arti.
Selezione mostre recenti
2025
Franz West, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
Franz West: Die frühen Werke / Early Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurigo
2024
Franz West: Millennium Park, Millennium Park, Chicago
2023
Franz West:Echolalia, David Zwirner, Los Angeles
Franz West, Weihburggasse 27, Vienna
2022
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Vienna
2021
Franz West. Last decades, CAC Málaga, Malaga
2020
Franz West, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Albertusstrasse, Colonia
2019
Franz West, Tate Modern, Londra
Franz West, David Zwirner, Londra
Franz West: Indoor Sculptures, Omer Tiroche Gallery, Londra
Franz West: Works 1989-2011, Gagosian Gallery, Roma
2018
Franz West, Centre Pompidou, Parigi
Sisyphos Sculptures, Gagosian, Londra
Franz West – Parcours hors les murs, Musée Cognacq-Jay, Parigi
2017
Franz West, Works 1970–2010, Gagosian Gallery, Geneva
Franz West, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
Franz West: The Mathis Esterhazy Collection, Galerie Mezzanin, Geneva
2016
Artistclub, 21er Haus, Vienna
2015
Franz West: Moebelskulpturen/Furniture Works, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Franz West, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurigo
2014
Franz West, Where is My Eight? Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Franz West, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Franz West: Les Pommes d’Adam. Hall Art Foundation at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2013
Franz West: Where is My Eight?, Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Francoforte
MUMOK, Vienna
2012
Franz West: Man with a Ball, Gagosian Gallery, Londra
2011
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
Franz West: Furniture, Gagosian Gallery, Atene
Franz West, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurigo
2010
Museum Ludwig, Colonia
Franz West: Roman Room, Gagosian Gallery, Roma
2009
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Franz West: Auto-Theatre, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Colonia
Franz West: The Garden Of Earthly Delights, Lower Belvedere, Vienna
Franz West, f 5,6, Munich
Franz West, Museo Tamayo, Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City
Franz West, To Build a House You Start with the Roof: Work, 1972–2008, LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
2008
Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna
Franz West: To Build a House You Start with the Roof – Work, 1972-2008, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
Franz West: Passtück, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Passstuecke, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Franz West: Asymmetrische Kunst, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurigo
ASYMMETRISCHE KUNST, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurigo
2007
Mario Sequeira Gallery, Braga
2006
Galerie Gisela Captain, Colonia
2005
Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
2004
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
2003
Whitechapel Art Gallery, Londra
2002
Deichtorhallen, Amburgo
2000
Renaissance Society, Chicago
1997
Museum of Modern Art, New York