Franz West Austrian, 1947-2012. His sculptures papeir mache, plaster, aluminium and brightly coloured, are so engaging they have this lovely playful, interactive and full of ambiguity and absurdity. West early works were wearable and he was not taken seriously, engaged in the cultural life in Vienna its been said he spent a great deal of early life in the cafes drinking excessively, alcohol and experimenting with drugs, the imagination goes wild ! His practice has this nativity, experimentation and it's like he does not care what the world thinks he is just going about making art. My way of working takes heart in just making and playing hopefully can interact with my larger works, will see.
‘5 Reasons to go see Franz West’