Franz West: Where Is My Eight? |
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Artist:
| West, Franz |
Text by:
| Badura, Eva Goerner, Klaus Grooelle, Georg Keicher, Peter Reiter-Raabe, Andreas |
ISBN: | 978-3-86335-281-3 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
Publisher: | Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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The focus of this publication is Franz West's (1947-2012)
Kombi-Werkeinstallations, in which greatly differing individual pieces are brought together and then recomposed into new works. Gathering elements such as fittings, furniture, sculpture, videos and works on paper from all periods--and even works made by artist friends--into grand ensembles, the
Kombi-Werkeare without doubt key elements in West's legacy. An example is the three-part papier-mâché sculpture...
More DescriptionThe focus of this publication is Franz West's (1947-2012) Kombi-Werkeinstallations, in which greatly differing individual pieces are brought together and then recomposed into new works. Gathering elements such as fittings, furniture, sculpture, videos and works on paper from all periods--and even works made by artist friends--into grand ensembles, the Kombi-Werkeare without doubt key elements in West's legacy. An example is the three-part papier-mâché sculpture "Redundanz": its starting point is the gouache "Lost Weight" (1994), with its motif of a dieting woman showing her oversized pants. Omitting the "W," West transforms "Lost Weight" into "Lost Eight," in order to derive the title for a larger work, "Where Is my Eight?" With 250 color illustrations, this substantial and inspiring volume, and the exhibition it accompanies, were overseen by the artist himself, before his death in the summer of 2012.