Franz West.WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY Ironic yet subversive to the core, Franz West has become the most prominent Austrian artist of the generation to emerge in the wake of Viennese Actionism The term Viennese Actionism describes a short and violent movement in 20th century art that can be regarded as part of the many independent efforts of the 1960s to develop "action art" (Fluxus, Happening, Performance, Body Art, etc.). . Perhaps best known for his so-called Passstucke--which the artist describes as neuroses made material as sculptural tools that the audience is invited to handle, wear, etc.--he also produces work as various as furniture, collages, and large metallic sculptures. Examples of all of these genres, plus West's collaborations with other artists, will be on display in this retrospective LAW, RETROSPECTIVE. A retrospective law is one that is to take effect, in point of time, before it was passed. 2. Whenever a law of this kind impairs the obligation of contracts, it is void. 3 Dall. 391. , which includes some thirty pieces from 1973 to the present. Organized by the Whitechapel's Anthony Spira, the show is accompanied by a catalogue with essays by, among others, Nicolas Bourriaud Nicolas Bourriaud (born 1965) is a French curator and art critic. From 1999 to 2006 he was co-founder and co-Director of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris together with Jerôme Sans. and Robert Storr Robert Storr is an American curator, academic, critic, and painter. He was named Dean of the Yale School of Art for a five-year period beginning July 2006 and is the director of the Venice Biennale in 2007. . Sept. 9-Nov. 9. |
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