Dimensions: overall: 1490 mm, 335 kg
Copyright: © Franz West | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: Viennoiserie, by Franz West, presents a sprawling installation which seems to play with the boundaries of display itself. Editor: My initial thought? The scene evokes a deconstructed living room, with a certain Viennese charm, of course. Curator: Indeed. West was fascinated by the social context of art, how it exists in the public sphere. He deliberately incorporates everyday objects to question the role of art. Editor: The collection of framed images, the plaster cubes, and the mundane couch all seem to hold symbolic weight. The scribbled text in one of the frames even hints at hidden narratives. Curator: He challenges the traditional art experience, moving away from the untouchable and towards the participatory. Editor: It's interesting how he uses these stark geometric forms alongside very casual, almost haphazard, drawings and arrangements. There is a visual tension between control and chaos. Curator: Ultimately, Viennoiserie is a reflection on the very act of viewing and interpreting art. Editor: A fitting puzzle, inviting us to consider what these assembled fragments truly represent.
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This space which looks rather like an artist's salon, combines diverse elements of West's work. Body sculptures, similar to his early pieces known as Adaptives, are stacked on the table to the right. On the left is a sculpture, or rather an anti- sculpture, which parodies the precise geometry of Minimalism. The couch is a recurrent element in West's work, suggesting the psychoanalyst's couch. West frequently co-opts the art of his friends and acquaintances into his own work - the drawings arranged on the wall are by a number of different artists whom he knows or admires. Gallery label, August 2004
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