Material Collage and mixed media on cardboard in the artist's original frame
Dimensions 52 × 30 cm
Status Vetted

About the Work

Franz West's work is characterised by an interdisciplinary and postmodern approach that deliberately blurs the boundaries between art and everyday life. ‘Das allzu Kreatürliche’ (The All-Too-Creaturel) from 1990 is exemplary of the artist's subversive approach to human existence and art itself. In this work, elements of collage and painting combine to create a fragmented, humorous and at the same time profound scene.


The figures seem both banal and enraptured: people in everyday poses or gestures appear isolated and out of place in a diffuse space. The colour palette, characterised by delicate pastel shades and a strong red, emphasises a peculiar tension between intimacy and distance. The juxtaposition of photography and painting breaks with traditional genre boundaries and reflects West's postmodern approach, in which the everyday becomes a carrier of meaning.


The title, ‘The All-Too-Creaturel’, evokes an examination of the physical and animalistic in human nature. Franz West invites the viewer to engage with the boundaries of individuality and the peculiarities of existence, without pushing for a clear interpretation. The work points to West's practice of understanding art as something alive and interactive that always involves the viewer as a co-creator.

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Provenance

Artist's studio;
Private collection, Austria;
Galerie Senn, Austria, 2018;
Private collection, Austria.

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