FRANZ WEST
2025-12-15The oeuvre of Franz West marks an important shift in sculptural practice beginning in the 1970s. From Vienna, a city shaped by psychoanalytic traditions and a sharp divide between high and low culture, West developed an artistic language that profoundly redefined the concepts of autonomy, functionality, and social interaction.
At a time when conceptual rigor and minimalism still dominated, West developed a practice that was simultaneously playful, associative, and social in nature. His work moves between sculpture, performance, design, and installation, but is especially recognizable for its emphasis on physicality and interaction. West disrupts the traditional distance between artwork and viewer: his objects invite touch, use, or physical closeness, making the experience of art itself a form of active participation.
Opposite – Installation view
Exhibition runs through to January 17th, 2026
Tim Van Laere Gallery
Jos Smolderenstraat 50
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
