Franz West. Conventional Dichotomy (Konventionelle Dichotomie)

Franz West

Conventional Dichotomy (Konventionelle Dichotomie)

1990

Portfolio of six double-sided screenprints

Not on view

West elevates the poster to art but also subverts its function: these prints appear to announce upcoming events, but they were made after the dates they advertise. Here, friends of the artist pose and cavort with West's Adaptives, the awkwardly shaped papier-mâché sculptures that he expects viewers to touch, carry, or wear.

Gallery label from

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, November 21, 2007-July 28, 2008.

Medium Portfolio of six double-sided screenprints
Dimensions sheet: see child records
Publisher Galerie and Edition Artelier, Graz, Austria, Jänner Galerie , Vienna
Printer Galerie and Edition Artelier, Graz, Austria
Edition 30
Credit Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund
Object number 606.2005.1-6
Department Drawings and Prints

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