Franz West
Franz West
A Brief biography of Franz West
Franz West was born in Vienna in 1947 and studied at the Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna. He died in Vienna in July 2012. West's work has been a fixture in countless international survey exhibitions such as Documenta and Biennales all over the world, and it is included in major public collections including Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and MAXXI, Rome. Recent solo exhibitions include “We’ll Not Carry Coals,” Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2003); “Recent Sculptures”, Lincoln Center, New York (2004); Vancouver Art Gallery (2005); MAK, Vienna (2008); “To Build A House You Start with the Roof: Work, 1972–2008,” Baltimore Museum of Art (2008–09, traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2009); and “Franz West: Auto theater,” Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2010, traveled to MADRE, Naples and Universal museum, Graz, Austria in 2010–11).
From : http://www.gagosian.com/artists/franz-west
biography of Franz West
------------------------------------------------- Early life and education
Franz West was born on 16 February 1947. His father was a coal dealer, his mother a dentist who took her son with her on art-viewing trips to Italy. West did not begin to study art seriously until he was 26, when, between 1977 and 1983, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Bruno Gironcoli.
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Personal Life
West was married to the Georgian artist Tamuna Sirbiladze
------------------------------------------------- Work West began making drawings around 1970 before moving on to painted collages incorporating magazine images that showed the influence of Pop Art. His art practice started as a reaction to the Viennese Actionism movement has been exhibited in museums and galleries for more than three decades. Over the last 20 years he had a regular presence in big expositions like Documenta and the Venice Biennale.
A Brief biography of Franz West
Franz West was born in Vienna in 1947 and studied at the Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna. He died in Vienna in July 2012. West's work has been a fixture in countless international survey exhibitions such as Documenta and Biennales all over the world, and it is included in major public collections including Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and MAXXI, Rome. Recent solo exhibitions include “We’ll Not Carry Coals,” Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2003); “Recent Sculptures”, Lincoln Center, New York (2004); Vancouver Art Gallery (2005); MAK, Vienna (2008); “To Build A House You Start with the Roof: Work, 1972–2008,” Baltimore Museum of Art (2008–09, traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2009); and “Franz West: Auto theater,” Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2010, traveled to MADRE, Naples and Universal museum, Graz, Austria in 2010–11).
From : http://www.gagosian.com/artists/franz-west
biography of Franz West
------------------------------------------------- Early life and education
Franz West was born on 16 February 1947. His father was a coal dealer, his mother a dentist who took her son with her on art-viewing trips to Italy. West did not begin to study art seriously until he was 26, when, between 1977 and 1983, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Bruno Gironcoli.
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Personal Life
West was married to the Georgian artist Tamuna Sirbiladze
------------------------------------------------- Work West began making drawings around 1970 before moving on to painted collages incorporating magazine images that showed the influence of Pop Art. His art practice started as a reaction to the Viennese Actionism movement has been exhibited in museums and galleries for more than three decades. Over the last 20 years he had a regular presence in big expositions like Documenta and the Venice Biennale.