Franz West
DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL 2024 Booth G17
Opening and Preview Day June 10
Public Days June 11 – 16
Galerie Eva Presenhuber is pleased to present a solo booth of furniture by Franz West.
The collaboration between Franz West and Eva Presenhuber began nearly 30 years ago in Zurich, where West exhibited for the first time at Galerie Walcheturm, then owned by Presenhuber. This initial collaboration led to a series of subsequent gallery exhibitions during West's lifetime and following his passing in 2012.
In the mid-70s, Franz West began rejecting the traditionally passive way of experiencing art and started making what he called Passstücke (Adaptives). Exhibition visitors were encouraged to pick these up and carry them around. West’s furniture is a further development of this earlier work. Taking a sculptural approach to chairs, tables, upholstered furniture, coat racks, and bookshelves, West placed them in relation to his concept of sculpture through a variety of corporeal attitudes and tactile responses. By questioning the utility of art as well as our physical and psychological relationship to it, West challenged the way art is experienced and defined, and thereby positing an interpretation of furniture as both sculpture and social experience. Furniture sculptures play a central role in West’s oeuvre and are often an essential part of his installations.
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Large Lamp
2005/2024
Steel, acrylic, LEDs
Unique variation in an open edition (handmade)
Total dims. 282 x 73 x 73 cm / 111 x 28 3/4 x 28 3/4 in
Lamp shade 125 x ø 73 cm / 49 1/4 x ø 28 3/4 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Mario a Marzo
2001
Mirror, wood, bronze, dispersion
Ed. 1/2 Mirror 130 x 110 cm / 51 1/8 x 43 1/4 in
Shelf 3 x 110 x 30 cm / 1 1/8 x 43 1/4 x 11 3/4 in
Object 8 x 45 x 14 cm / 3 1/8 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/2 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Senseless
2008/2014
Steel, synthetic enamel
Unique variation in an open edition (handmade)
40 x 200 x 10 cm / 15 3/4 x 78 3/4 x 3 7/8 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Arbeitstisch in Aspik
2012
Epoxy, wood, paint, steel
Unique 75 x 236.5 x 135 cm / 29 1/2 x 93 1/8 x 53 1/8 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Table
2012
American nut wood, steel
Unique
75 x 172 x 98 cm / 29 1/2 x 67 3/4 x 38 5/8 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Divan
1991/2014
Steel, foam, linen
Unique variation in an open edition (handmade)
95 x 238 x 83 cm / 37 3/8 x 93 3/4 x 32 5/8 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Chaise Longue
1992/2015
Steel, cardboard roll., foam, linen, fleece
Unique variation in an open edition (handmade)
96 x 90 x 175 cm / 37 3/4 x 35 3/8 x 68 7/8 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Club Chair
1998/1999
Steel, wood, foam, cotton, linen
Unique variation in edition of 134 (handmade)
Approx. 90 x 75 x 80 cm / 35 3/8 x 29 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Textile chair
2012/2014
Steel, wood, linen, paint
Unique variation in an open edition (handmade)
88 x 46 x 52 cm / 34 5/8 x 18 1/8 x 20 1/2 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Bookshelf
1998/1999
Steel, plexiglass, castors
Unique variation in edition of 70 (handmade)
Approx. 185 x 74 x 39.5 cm / 72 3/4 x 29 1/8 x 15 1/2 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Franz West, Furniture Works, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Design Miami, Basel, 2024