Foreword 16 Editor's Note 20 Franz West in Conversation with and Ines Turian

30 Writings 1975-2011

31 ELECTRICAL ART, after 1975 31 PORTFOLIO, 1976 33 AD, 1977 33 AUDIO PIECES, 1979 34 ADAPTIVES, 1980 35 ON THE EXHIBITION FRANZ WEST. OBIEKTE AT GALERIE NÄCHST ST. STEPHAN, , 1980 36 TEXT COLLAGE ON THE ADAPTIVES, 1980 37 HEUTE/WESTKUNST, 1981 38 BOX ON THE EAR, 1981 38 SCREEN, 1982 38 REFLECTORS, 1982 39 ON THE VIDEO LAZARUS, 1982 39 ADAPTIVES, 1982 40 SIGNATURALISMS, 1983 41 POSTCARD TO THE GUTJAHR FAMILY, 1983 42 TATITU TATATU FESTIVAL, 1983 42 REFLECTOR, 1984 43 MOBILE , 1984 43 RESUME, 1985 44 DECAL COLLAGES, 1985 44 ON THE EXHIBITION FRANZ WEST, KUNSTZENTRUM NO. 66, ENGELHORN STIFTUNG ZUR FÖRDERUNG BILDENDER KUNST, MUNICH, 1985 45 MOMENTARY THINGS, 1985 45 ISOMORPHY/ATAVISM, 1986 46 LEGITIMATE SCULPTURE, 1986 47 REDUNDANCY, 1986 48 SCULPTURE, 1986 48 LETTER TO HARALD SZEEMANN, circa 1986 49 QUOTATION, 1986 50 REDUNDANCY, 1986 51 PARAPHRASE, 1987 51 QUOTATION, 1987 52 APPROXIMATION, 1987 52 CHECKOUT, 1987 52 CHECKOUT [II], 1987 53 VEDUTA, 1987 53 CONVENTIONS, 1987 54 MOUNT VESUVIUS, 1987 54 VISIT, 1987 54 VERTICAL IDIOM, 1987 54 SELFSAME, 1987 55 VARESE, 1987 55 THE MURMURING, 1988 56 PLEASANT VIEW, 1988 58 ON THE EXHIBITION HERBERT BRANDL / FRANZ WEST. DIE ERNTE DES TANTALOS, GALERIE PETER PAKESCH, VIENNA, 1988 58 FEAR, 1988 59 HOME DO IT, 1989 59 LIEGE, 1989 60 REVISION, 1989 60 SEVEN PILLARS, 1989 61 POINT, 1989 61 TRIPTYCH, 1989 61 PROP, 1989 62 HANGER, 1989 62 WITTGENSTEIN QUOTATION, 1989 62 ADAPTIVES AND MUSIC, 1989 63 ACTUAL MESSAGE, circa 1989 66 TRIPTYCH, 1989 66 SCREEN, 1990 66 ABERRATION, 1990 66 MULTIPLE, 1990 67 CHAIR, 1990 67 PA 1,1 9 9 0 67 APROPOS GLOVE, 1990 68 INTERNATIONAL—ANTISOCIAL, 1991 68 UNTITLED, 1991 69 MARTIN, 1991 69 FOOT MAT, 1991 69 GIACOMETTI, 1991 69 ON THE EXHIBITION ROSA E GIALLO, GALLERIA MARIO PIERONI, ROME, 1991 70 3 OR 17,1992 71 AUDITORIUM, 1992 72 INVESTIGATIONS OF AMERICAN ART, 1992 73 STUDIES IN ANIMISM, 1992 73 HOTEL CARLTON PALACE, 1992 74 LOCAL MATTERS, 1992 75 AUDITORIUM [II], 1992 75 COLLAGES ON THE CONTRIBUTION, 1992 76 VECTOR INDICES, 1992 76 AMBOZEPTOR, 1992 76 ORDINARY LANGUAGE, 1993 76 PSYCHO, 1993 77 ATELIER, 1993 77 LETTER TO FRANCESCA PASINI, 1993 78 TEXT FOR HERBERT BRANDL, 1993 79 PARKETT, 1993 80 2 TO 2,1994 80 THE FIRST ADAPTIVE, 1994 80 ANONYMITY, 1994 80 EGGS ’N’ BRAINS, 1994 81 IVAN (CHAISE LONGUE WITH MOVABLE SCULPTURE ON PEDESTAL), 1994 81 ON THE EXHIBITION FRANZ WEST. NEUE WERKE, GALERIE BÄRBEL GRÄSSLIN, FRANKFURT, 1994 81 TEACHING AID, 1994

6 82 TROPHY CUP ON PLINTH, 1994 82 SCHÜRMANNS CLEARING, 1994 83 TEST, 1994 83 BI 6,1995 84 TELEPHONE , 1995 85 OTIUM, 1995 129 GENTLE, 1995 129 CURACAO, 1996 130 PANTA RHEI, 1996 130 ADAPTIVES WITH BOX AND VIDEO, 1996 131 OTIUM, 1996 131 CHOCOLATES, 1996 132 ADAPTIVE, 1996 132 NUDE CHAIR, 1996 132 ART SITTING GROUP, 1996 133 COLABS AND COMBOS, 1997 134 WHY IS THERE SOMETHING AND NOT NOTHING, 1997 135 ENGLÄNDER, 1997 136 INTEGRAL, 1997 136 OUT OF ACTIONS, 1997 137 SCULPTURE. PROJECTS IN MÜNSTER, 1997 142 HOMAGE TO MARTIN KIPPENBERGER, 1997 143 HOME, 1997 143 MOON PROJECT, 1997 144 GRAY, 1998 145 THREE LETTERS TO OSWALD WIENER, 1998 151 FILE, 1998 151 FOUR CHAIRS, 1998 152 THE BRANCH ON THE WARDROBE, 1998 153 BUT WHERE’S THE PREDICATE? 1998 160 DESANO, 1998 162 FISH PROJECT, 1998 162 THE FUNCTION OF , 1998 163 ON MARTIN KIPPENBERGER 8 SELF-PORTRAITS, 1998 164 CHOU-CHOU, 1998 165 KANTINE, 1998 166 PROPOSAL FOR THE TUILERIES, PARIS, 1998 166 OIL, 1998 167 DREAM, 1999 167 SITZWUST, 1999 168 THAT’S HOW ITS GOING TO BE, 1999 169 SPACE, 1999 170 PROPOSAL FOR THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, BERLIN, 1999 171 LETTER TO ROBERT STORR, 1999 172 SALAMMBÖ, 1999 173 LETTER TO MIKE KELLEY, 2000 174 BRIEF OUTLINE OF A CONTEMPORIZED HOMELAND ART, 2000 176 GERNGROSS COLUMN, 2000 176 BIRTHDAY PARTY, 2000 177 GORAN, 2000 177 SALAMMBÖ, 2000 177 HOUSTON LEMUR HEADS, 2000 178 ON THE LEMUR HEADS, 2000

7 179 LETTER TO MIKE KELLEY REGARDING A HAUTE VOIX, FRAG POITOU-CHARENTES, ANGOULEME, 2000 180 OUTDOOR SCULPTURES, 2000 181 PIECE FOR AUDIENCE AND ORCHESTRA, 2000 182 SELF-DESIGNATION—THE SIGNIFICANT VOWEL, 2000 183 GEMEIER, 2000 184 WHAT I AM READING, 2000 185 PRE-SEMBLANCE AND THE EVERYDAY, 2000 189 5.5423, 2000 189 DEATH IS MEANINGLESS, 2000 190 WEIZ FOUNTAIN, 2000 190 GERNGROSS COLUMN, 2000 191 FRANZ WEST. POSTER DESIGNS, GALERIE GISELA CAPITAIN, COLOGNE, 2000 191 AMBOZEPTOR I, 2000 192 ON THE EXHIBITION FRANZ WEST. IN & OUT, ZKM KARLSRUHE, 2000 193 OPEN PROPOSITIONS, ZKM, 2000 203 THE LEMUR HEADS HAVE A LONG HISTORY-HOW THEY CAME ABOUT, 2001 203 DRAMA (MODEL), 2001 203 FRANZ WEST MERCILESS, 2001 204 REFUSAL, 2001 204 LETTER TO MS. OETKER, 2001 205 ALPINE GLOW, 2001 206 PAR BLEU, 2001 207 CONDENSATION, 2001 207 EALAN S DESIRE, 2001 207 LA CHAISE EST MARRON, 2002 208 POSTCARD TO CARLA ACCARDI, 2002 208 PETIT FOUR, 2002 209 ON RUDOLF SCHWARZKOGLER, 2002 209 FREIHERR VON KNIGGE, 2002 210 PEACE, 2002 211 FOUR BRIDGEHEADS, 2002 211 TASCHEN LAMPE, 2002 212 CORONA, 2002 212 ON THE EDITION PAR BLEU (LA LIMOUSINE BLEUE), 2002 212 KWADRATURE, 2002 213 BO NILSSON, 2003 213 LARVAE MANIFESTO, 2003 214 FICTITIOUS BIOGRAPHY OF PETER NOEVER, 2003 215 NARCISSUS, 2003 215 CORONA, 2003 216 WE’LL NOT CARRY COALS, 2003 217 ORNAMENT & CHARACTER, 2003 217 SISYPHUS, 2003 218 CENTRIPETALE, 2003 218 PROPOSITION, 2003 218 SMS TO HANS ULRICH OBRIST, 2003 218 SZT & STAND, 2003 219 ON THE PROFORMA CATALOG, 2003 219 LETTER TO ANTHONY SPIRA, 2003 220 ADAPTIVE (FOR GÜNTHER), 2003

8 220 ON THE EXHIBITION FRANZ WEST VIS-A-VIS OTTO ZITKO, TIM VAN LAERE GALLERY, ANTWERP, 2003 221 SNACKS, 2003 221 ON THE EXHIBITION FRANZ WEST. GARDEN FURNITURE, GALERIE MEYER RAINER, VIENNA, 2004 222 ACADEMY YEARS, 2004 223 GERNGROSS COLUMN, 2004 223 V IS IO ,2004 224 LE BATEAU IMAGINAIRE, 2004 224 KAMELEON, 2004 224 FIND, 2004 223 SELF-DESCRIPTION, 2004 225 100 ARTISTS SEE GOD, 2004 226 LETTER TO MS. H., 2004 227 EINST EIN, 2005 228 RUM SOUP, 2005 229 LETTER TO PETER NOEVER, 2005 230 THE WITTGENSTEIN KARL, 2005 232 CHANGE OF ASPECT, 2006 232 FRESSCO, 2006 234 NICE 91, 2006 235 ALPINE GLOW, ALMANAC, AND NIGHTMARE, 2006 236 LEVITS, 2006 236 MICROPHONE, 2006 236 THE UNCONSCIOUS, 2006 237 DECREE I, 2006 237 OBJECT PICTURES, MID-70S, 2006 237 POLOCKED OBJECTS, CIRCA 1974,2006 238 NAME PICTURES, EARLY 80S, 2006 238 ADAPTIVES, LATE 70S, 2006 239 GOUACHES, EARLY 80S,2006 239 DRUNKEN BID, CIRCA 1988, 2006 240 BENT ENCOUNTER (UNPERFORMED NECESSITY), 1997, 2006 240 OTIUM (VIDEO COLLABORATION WITH BERNHARD RIFF), 1 998,2006 241 PA 1,1990, 2006 241 CURAQAO, 1996, 2006 241 GRANDE TABLE, 1999, 2006 242 LAMPS, CIRCA 2000, 2006 243 GERNGROSS COLUMN, 2007 244 FOR HELMUT RICHTER, 2007 244 STILL LIFE, 2007 245 ON THE EXHIBITION TUTTI FRUTTI, BASE - PRO GETTI PER L’ARTE, FLORENCE, 2008 245 MESSAGE TO MARIO PIERONI REGARDING THE PLANNED EXHIBITION WESTENDCOCKTAIL, 2008 247 SET TO MUSIC, 2008 251 KNOTS, 2008 252 EIN HOD, 2008 252 ON CY TWOMBLY S SEMANTIC LOOPS, 2009 257 ENGLISH WALTZ, 2009 257 APPROXIMATION, 2009 257 SECOND HELPING, 2009 261 EUPALINOS, 2009 261 PARSIFAL (WITH KUNDRY AND KLINGSOR), 2009

9 261 PEDESTAL (FOR SITTING OR STANDING), 2009 262 VAN GOGH, 2009 262 STREAKS, 2010 262 CHEWED GUM, 2010 263 ON THE EXHIBITION FRANZ WEST. AUTOTHEATER, KUNSTHAUS GRAZ, 2010 263 ROOM IN ROME, 2010 264 ROMAN ROOM, 2010 267 ION, 2010 267 CARAVAGGIO, 2010 269 QUASIMODO, 2010 269 THE LILLY OF THE WEST, 2011 269 BIRD MEAL, 2011 270 HONEYMOON, 2011 270 REDUNDANCY, 2011

272 Translator's Notes [t.n.] 276 Translated and Original Titles and Year of Origin of Referenced Works 280 Index of Names and Places 286 Colophon