FRANZ WEST WORKS

This book, presenting a vast collection of unpublished early works, offers a fresh look at the genesis of Wests oeuvre, his explora tion of Beuys, Freud, and Wittgenstein and of the philosophy of language and trivial culture. He begins to use his private handwri ting as a visual element, toys with techniques and materials (drawing, collage, overwriting, stone, plaster, wood), seeks means of e xpressing his disgust with latent everyday fascism, and attempts to come to terms with his conflicts with authority and the law. In his later wo...[Read more]