“Ʈrt hr c̣rir, Cogelńīc implýd an xybṛnt palit, ẃć ḅlîd its ofn apoc̣liptc subjicts; fṛm mcābra sculz n sevrd limz t dsmbâld figrz. Đz deʈli bodiz, rendrd dspozbl in an incrisñli mec̣nîzd wrld, sând a nôt v cōśn in an ira cntińli trnsformd bî ny tecnoḷjiz.”
Orange Naked, c. 1986. Glazed ceramics and wire on painted wood, 52 x 20 x 50cm. Andrew Rinkhy/ Kogelnik Foundation Vienna/ New York
Claes, c. 1970. Mixed media with sheet vinyl and hanger, 150 x 50 x 4cm. Lisa Rastl/ Kogelnik Foundation Vienna/ New York
Untitled (small hanging), 1968. Sheet vinyl-cutouts and wire on painted wood, Plexiglas, 42 x 25 x 31cm. Andrew Rinkhy/ Kogelnik Foundation Vienna/ New York
Death with Sunglasses, c. 1963. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 91 x 122cm. Andrew Rinkhy/ Kogelnik Foundation Vienna/ New York
Untitled (Spaceship), c. 1963. Ink, foil, newspaper and acrylic on paper, 50 x 65cm. Andrew Rinkhy/ Kogelnik Foundation Vienna/ New York
Nescafe Nescafe, c. 1963. Collage, ink and acrylic on paper, 44 x 63cm. Andrew Rinkhy/ Kogelnik Foundation Vienna/ New York
“Egon Šīla (1890–1918) z wn v ɖ most impwtnt ātists v ɖ ŕli 20ʈ senčri n a sentṛl figr v Ostrı̣n Xpreṣ̌nizm.
Ɖs xibišn brñz tgɖr an âtstandñ grūp v ɖ ātist’s nydz t čāt hiz grândbrecñ aproč jrñ hiz šwt bt ŕjnt c̣rir.
Šīla’s tecnicl vrčuoṣti, hîli orijinl vižn n unflinčñ dpiẋnz v ɖ nêcid figr dstnĝš ɖz wrcs az biyñ amñ hiz most significnt contribyšnz t ɖ dveḷpmnt v modn āt.
Ɖs šāpli fôc̣st xibišn wl b a mêjr oṗtyṇti t si mr ɖn ʈrti v ɖz radicl wrcs asmbld fṛm inṭnašnl public n prîvt c̣lẋnz.
Plīz nôt ɖt ɖs xibišn includz sm drōñz v an xplisit nêčr.”
‘EPIPHANIAS AN STÜHLEN’ │ 2011 │ Fôto: Gêbrịl Šābo
‘EPIPHANIAS AN STÜHLEN’ │ 2011 │ Fôto: Gêbrịl Šābo
PĀHĪZIA │ 2012
PĀHĪZIA │ 2012
PĀHĪZIA │ 2012 │ Fôto: Gêbrịl Šābo
“Ɖ fôc̣s v ɖs lūsli croṇlojicl xibišn z West’s combinešnpìsz, in ẇč ɖ ātist cmbînd verı̣s indivijl pìsz n subsiqntli rīcmbînd ɖm in dfṛnt cnfiğrešnz. Dy t ɖs combinešn n rīcombinešn v dfṛnt cndz v wrc includñ Adaptvz, frničr, sculpčr, vidioz n wrcs on pêpr fṛm dfṛnt pirı̣dz, ɖ xibišn pṛvîdz a mč nīdd n hîli antisipetd mêjr YC šowñ v West’s vẹrid, influenšl n pṛlific practis.
Hir at Ɖ Hepẉʈ Wêcfīld ɖ xibišn olso investigets ɖ cnẋnz n paṛlelz btwn ɖ wrc v Franz West n Bābra Hepẉʈ. Wɖ a plêfl yt strîcñ intvnšn intu Ɖ Hepẉʈ Famli Giftgaḷri, ɖs xibišn wl plês bʈ artists’ wrc in convsešn: ɖ ys v ɖ deṃcratc mtirı̣l v plastr; ɖ significns v ɖ stydioinvîrnmnt; n ɖ rpitd rtrn t rīcnfiğrñ n adaptñ prīvı̣s wrc.
Franz West’s practis z funḍmentli ptisiṗtri n sīcs daylog wɖ ɖ vywr. Hiz wrc ofrz verı̣s psbltiz fr xpirı̣nsñ ɖ wrld wɖ evrčenjñ rzults ɖt dpnd on rsipı̣nt n contxt. Ɖs ingejmnt cn têc plês on a fizicl levl—az in ɖ cês v ɖ Adaptvz, ẇč r ment t adapt t ɖ bodi—bt olso on a mentl or inṭlcčl levl, az z ɖ cês wɖ hiz insṭlešnz or wrcs on pêpr. West’s wrc z unpritnšs, lîtfŭtd, n hymṛs, bt fândd on an intns ingejmnt wɖ fiḷsoficl ʈt, an ŕli cnsrn ẇč intnsifîd ʈrt ɖ ātist’s lîf.
Ẇr z mî Êt?wz inišietd n côdiveḷpt wɖ ɖ Myziym v Modn Āt, Viena, n bî Franz West wɖ grt inʈyziazm bfr hiz deʈ n pṛvîdz insît intu West’s complx n mni-leyrd ātpractis.
Franz West: Ẇr z mî Êt? z ṣpwtd bî ɖ Henri Mor Fândešn, Crân Fîn Āt n ɖ Ostrı̣n Culčṛl Fwṛm, Lundn.”