{"title":"Franz West","description":"\u003cp\u003eFranz West (1947–2012) was an Austrian artist whose practice moved from the \u003cem\u003ePassstücke\u003c\/em\u003e — small sculptural prostheses designed to be held, worn, or carried by the viewer — toward furniture, seating, social use, and sculpture as something completed through the body and behaviour of others. His work treated looking, sitting, reading, and conversation as part of the object’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWest represented Austria at the Venice Biennale in 1990 and 1992, and his work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. He was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItems in this section include exhibition publications, catalogues, and printed matter in which West’s sculptural and social objects pass from gallery and museum into distributable printed support.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"franz-west-museum-haus-lange-heft-1-2-krefelder-kunstmuseen-1989","title":"FRANZ WEST — Museum Haus Lange, Heft 1 \u0026 Heft 2, Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Krefeld, 1989","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition publication in two parts, Franz West. Krefelder Kunstmuseen \/ Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 1989. Two stapled softcover booklets, approx. 21 × 15 cm: Heft 1, 20 pages; Heft 2, 12 pages. Texts by Julian Heynen and Ferdinand Schmatz; photographs by Günther Förg. Printed by Graphischer Betrieb Karl Pfitt, Oberhausen. ISBN 3-925530-37-5.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished for the exhibition at Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 9 April – 18 June 1989, curated by Julian Heynen. The Franz West archive bibliography records the publication as Heft 1 and 2, with texts by Heynen and Schmatz and photographs by Förg. Basis Wien records the exhibition under installation, sculpture, and object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two booklets divide the exhibition’s material between them: Heft 1 carries installation photographs — West’s wire-frame chairs, sculptural seating forms, and textile works installed in the Mies van der Rohe house — alongside Heynen’s essay and a poem by Vittorio Martini. Heft 2 carries Schmatz’s extended prose text on chairs, sitting, and social space, with footnotes citing Deleuze, Wittgenstein, Lacan, and Lévy-Strauss, and a glossary of French furniture terms. The orange wrappers carry the text on their covers as well as inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strong early West publication from the moment his work was moving from the \u003cem\u003ePassstücke\u003c\/em\u003e toward furniture, seating, social use, and sculpture as something completed through the viewer. Haus Lange is especially relevant: a Mies van der Rohe house turned contemporary exhibition site, where domestic architecture, museum display, and usable sculpture meet directly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin The New Rare register, this is not only a catalogue. It is a small two-part support system for an exhibition: one booklet carrying the installation image, the other carrying text, instruction, language, and theory. West’s chairs and sculptural forms are shown inside a former private house, photographed by another artist, then redistributed as printed matter. Furniture becomes sculpture; exhibition becomes booklet; use becomes record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Light handling, minor rubbing, faint edge wear, and age toning. Staples intact. The orange wrappers remain bright. Ships flat in a rigid mailer with tracking; international shipping available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Krefelder Kunstmuseen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53886813372754,"sku":"WEST-HAUSLANGE-CAT-1989","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/West_Franz._Franz_West._Issue_1_and_issue_2_for_the_exhibition_Museum_Haus_Lange.._Krefeld._1989_f1dd2787-0e84-4353-92df-50a4703d3810.jpg?v=1782837799"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/franz-west.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}