In Conversation: Peter Pakesch & Hans Ulrich Obrist
Saturday, June 14, 5.30 pm
Maag Areal, Zurich
Opening hours Zurich Art Weekend 2025:
Friday, 11 am – 9 pm; Saturday, 11 am – 8 pm; Sunday, 11 am – 6 pm
Galerie Eva Presenhuber is pleased to present the exhibition Franz West: Die frühen Werke / Early Works with sculptures and objects from 1975 to 1990 by the Austrian artist Franz West (1947-2012 in Vienna, AT) from private collections, in particular from that of his longtime mentor, the former gallerist and curator Peter Pakesch (b. 1955 in Graz, AT). The exhibition will be accompanied by a new publication and film screenings by Andreas Reiter Raabe and Bernhard Riff in the gallery's showroom. It will be the twelfth exhibition at the gallery since the beginning of the collaboration between West and Eva Presenhuber.
Image: Franz West and Ariane Proksch with Passstück (1975)
Photo: Friedl Kubelka © 2025, ProLitteris, Zurich
Rmo
1988
Paper maché, iron, paint, artist's pedestal
Sculpture 27 x 78 x 62 cm / 10 5/8 x 30 3/4 x 24 3/8 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Kollega
1988
Paper maché, paint
Object 60 x 74 x 26 cm / 23 5/8 x 29 1/8 x 10 1/4 in
Pedestal 122 x 56.5 x 40 cm / 48 x 22 3/8 x 15 7/8 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Tisch
1983
Wood, glass, gaze, plaster
86 x 144 x 270 cm / 33 7/8 x 56 3/4 x 106 1/4 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Labstück
1983
Bottle, plaster, paint
30 x 55 x 11 cm / 11 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 4 3/8 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
Idiosyngramm
1985
Cardboard, paper maché, gold leaf
34 x 128 x 9 cm / 13 3/8 x 50 3/8 x 3 1/2 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
tbd (collage)
1985
Mixed media
Sheet 59 x 90 cm / 23 1/4 x 35 3/8 in
Frame 69 x 103 x 4 cm / 27 1/8 x 40 1/2 x 1 5/8 in
© Archiv Franz West © Estate Franz West
