Frantz West exhibit at Beaubourg, Paris
David
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Number 5 reminds me of a 3-d version of a Miro print.
Hmmm, in that photograph I can see that. Not as much in reality, though. But West did include citations of others' works in his own, either to honor them, mock them or, most often, both at the same time...
These, by the way, are actually scale models of large outdoor sculptures.
I believe this is more of a tribute and a willingness to share his art with others.
David
That is the spirit indeed.
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Nice photos though.
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Fast eye-detection AF wouldn't be any use on that lot




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CHEERS Vic
PS. I don't have an artistic bone in my body
Vic.
Born again biker with lots of Pentax bits. Every day I wake up is a good day. I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas.
A load of pretentious crap.
I understand where you're coming from (I used to feel if I had to think about a piece/body of art, it wasn't really art). But really, this guy had a very interesting view on art and its contemporary practices, and reading up on his life, work and concepts was just an extra step in my appreciation of the exhibit - I was quite directly enjoying his concepts even without thinking them. He managed to put them in his work without their having to be necessarily explicited. That's an artistic tour de force in my book.

Naturally, to each his own, but for me it is a relief to see that the camera has not captured the Emperor's New Clothes.
Philip
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I was recently in Paris for a short visit and had the pleasure of seeing a very interesting exhibit in Beaubourg (Centre Georges Pompidou) contemporary art museum. I had never heard of Frantz West, an Austrian artist with a very personal take on art, alternately or simultaneously conceptual, useful, funny, serious, participative, beautiful, ugly... You can read about him here if you wish: link.
This exhibit will be coming to Tate Modern sometime next year. I urge you to attend even if (especially if?) you are wary of contemporary art concepts...
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