Frantz West exhibit at Beaubourg, Paris

Hello there, here's a set I am posting more to share my discovery of an artist than my photography. I have even gone so far as to go all colour (I have not yet taken that road photographically) - a very important part of his work, I feel...

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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Number 5 reminds me of a 3-d version of a Miro print.

Very enjoyable set of images showcasing this artist's work. Some critics might call this plagiarism but I believe this is more of a tribute and a willingness to share his art with others.
David

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.

Thank you David.


That is the spirit indeed.

Beautifully photographed. They're all good exhibition shots but they all show your own artistry in how you've composed his work. No. 2 3 and 9 in particular.

Fast eye-detection AF wouldn't be any use on that lot

Nice photos though.


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Thank you, Will and Algi. My favorites as photographs are 1 and 9, but I'm pretty much ok with the whole set


No use at all! K-01 and M28 3.5 FTW!

The other visitors probably thought you were an exhibit
'Man with Funny Camera'

I'm the 'man getting his coat'

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Beautifully captured all images. 3 is like 3-d version while 9 is like captured from a particular angle. Enjoyed it. Really amazing.

The photos are good but the subject matter (ART??????????????????) A load of pretentious crap.
CHEERS Vic
PS. I don't have an artistic bone in my body
Vic.

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.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder -- I'm just glad I don't have to look at that lot !
Your photography of it is indeed very professional, nevertheless.

A good set of images that are effective as a faithful record of the exhibits.

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