Franz West: Die frühen Werke / Early Works

13 Jun 2025 — 18 Jul 2025
Image: Franz West and Ariane Proksch with Passstück (1975)
Photo: Friedl Kubelka © 2025, ProLitteris, Zurich

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. 

In Conversation: Peter Pakesch & Hans Ulrich Obrist
14 Jun
17:30
18:30
Peter Pakesch (curator and former gallerist) will be in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist (Artistic Director at Serpentine Galleries, London) about the early work of the late Austrian artist Franz West.