Franz West

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Tim Van Laere Gallery is presenting its fourth solo exhibition of the renowned artist Franz West (1947–2012), who started collaborating with the gallery in the year 2002.

The oeuvre of Franz West marks an important shift in sculptural practice beginning in the 1970s. From Vienna, a city shaped by psychoanalytic traditions and a sharp divide between high and low culture, West developed an artistic language that profoundly redefined the concepts of autonomy, functionality, and social interaction.

The exhibition will present sculptures, collages, drawings, furniture-like objects and his early Paßstücke from the 1970s. These were handheld sculptural objects made of plaster and papier-mâché, intended to be held or worn by visitors. The meaning of these objects did not lie in their form or beauty, but in the moment they became an extension of the body: awkward, absurd, sometimes uncomfortable.

The exhibition runs from 27 November 2025 until 17 January 2026 at Tim Van Laere Gallery in Antwerp.