“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.”
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