12 October 2011 - 29 January 2012
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| © Franz West
Room in Rome, 2009-10
Courtesy the artist and Gagosian Gallery
Photo: Matteo Piazza |
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FRANZ WEST
Room in London
12 October, 2011 - 29 January, 2012
A three-part sculpture by Austrian artist Franz West installed on the roof of the ICA on The Mall.
The installation consists of three large lacquered aluminium abstract
parts. Their varying shapes, the tallest of which is 5m high, define the
space around them and continues an extensive series of important public
projects by the artist. These include The Garden of Earthly Delight at
the Belvedere, Vienna (2009), The Ego and the Id in Central Park, New
York (2008), and Les Pommes d’Adam in Place Vendôme, Paris (2007). Room
in London was previously installed in the Piazza di Pietra in Rome in
2009/10.
West continually strives to create a dialogue between his work and the
public, encouraging the viewer to interact with his sculptures and
creating relationships that complete the work of art as an active
reality. Since the Seventies, the artist's production has included a
series of portable sculptures called Adaptives, plaster objects that the
viewer can pick up and use, as well as furniture, chairs, couches, and
other functional sculptures that take on the form of an art work
precisely because they can be used and taken advantage of by the viewer,
like a stage set filled with actors.
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