Performance
Mike Kelley and Franz West
To Be Read Aloud (À haute voix)
October 13, October 20, and November 21, 2018, 9pm
Centre Pompidou, Paris
www.centrepompidou.fr
To Be Read Aloud (À haute voix) (1999) is an experimental theater piece by artists Mike Kelley and Franz West. On the occasion of West’s retrospective at Centre Pompidou, director Fanny de Chaillé presents a reenactment of this work—a dialogue in which the artists reflect on the development of their practices within the avant-garde scenes of Los Angeles and Vienna since the 1970s—within West’s installation Auditorium (1992). The event is free with museum admission.
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Mike Kelley and Franz West’s poster design for performance of To Be Read Aloud (À haute voix) (1999). Artwork © Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. All rights reserved/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; and © Archiv Franz West
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Franz West installation at Gagosian Shop, London, November 16, 2023–March 15, 2024. Artwork © Archiv Franz West, © Estate Franz West. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd
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Oscar Murillo and Ben Luke
On Franz West
Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 6pm
Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London
Join Gagosian for a conversation between Oscar Murillo and arts writer, critic, and broadcaster Ben Luke in conjunction with Franz West: Papier, the gallery’s presentation of paper-based works by Franz West (1947–2012) at Frieze Masters 2023. The pair will discuss Murillo’s collaboration in selecting the works on view, which date from the 1970s through the 2010s, as well as his personal experiences meeting the late artist in London in the late 2000s and the enduring impact West continues to have on artists today.
Left: Oscar Murillo. Photo: Stuart Leech, Turner Contemporary, courtesy the artist. Right: Ben Luke
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Frieze Masters 2023
Franz West: Papier
October 12–15, 2023, booth E01
Regent’s Park, London
www.frieze.com
Gagosian is pleased to participate in the 2023 edition of Frieze Masters with a presentation of paper-based works by Franz West that spans his career from the early 1970s through the 2010s, conceived in association with the Estate of Franz West and through the initiative of the Franz West Privatstiftung. Chosen in collaboration with artist Oscar Murillo, the selection in London highlights West’s irreverence and ingenuity.
Collaging and overpainting imagery from print media, West disrupted the pictorial continuity of his sources and confounded expectations between public display and subjective experience. Blending abstraction and figuration, West’s works on paper exhibit an absurdist wit, with some exploring a mischievous vulgarity through an emphasis on bodily functions and erotic themes.
Gagosian’s booth at Frieze Masters 2023, featuring work by Franz West. Artwork © Archiv Franz West, © Estate Franz West. Photo: Lucy Dawkins
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