Franz West: Auto-Theater: Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany

The Austrian artist Franz West (born in 1947 in Vienna) is one of the foremost artists of the times. The exhibition at Museum Ludwig features over 40 pieces and constel-lations of works from the period 1972 to the present, and allows the visitor to experi-ence the sheer complexity and uniqueness of his creative output. From his first Adap-tives (Passstücke) and collages in the Seventies, to his papier-mâché sculptures, furniture and site-specific installations, and on to his picture walls from the Eighties and his latest sculptures for public spaces, this retrospective underscores the extra-ordinary creative energy that pulses through his work.