(Vienna 1947–2012)
“Visuelle Analyse”, c. 1974, collage, shifting image card, photo (Teddy Podgorski, Trautl Brandstaller, Hermann Schürrer), corrugated board on primed hardboard, in original artist’s frame (wood, gauze, plaster), 44 x 60 cm

Teddy Podgorski is amongst others a radio and television journalist, actor, filmmaker and author. Trautl Brandstaller is a journalist, writer and television editor. Hermann Schürrer (1928–1986) was a writer.

Registered:
Franz West Privatstiftung Archive, Vienna

Published:
Franz West, Proforma, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, 20er Haus, Wien 1996, (16.3–19.5.1996), Oktagon Verlag, 1996, p. 129/140

Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna

West’s “Visuelle Analysen” (visual analyses) were initially created as a reaction to works by Friedl Bondy, a photo artist who was one of his closest friends at that time. These pieces attempt to capture moods or psychological states using visual means. ...
Continuing this theme, he created collages on corrugated board in 1974 under the title “Visuelle Analysen”. They depict photos of representatives of the Austrian cultural scene of the period, juxtaposed with the visual products of mass culture: amateur photos, excerpts from illustrated magazines or changing pictures of erotic subjects. Here, the visual analysis of cultural figures (who West portrays as rather louche, in this context) is intertwined with the reference to the actual aesthetic standards of the vast majority of the population. Inevitably, this begs the question as to the social role of culturally active individuals and their status as “stars” or “outsiders” in society.
Eva Badura-Triska, from the literature cited