Franz West @ LACMA

Franz West
To Build a House You Start with the Roof: Work, 1972–2008
March 12–June 7, 2009 @ LACMA

Waking Up to Zombies: An Interview with Franz West

"...Many of your outdoor works look like large turds or even phalluses. You also made a public urinal as a public sculpture, shown, for example, in the Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997. Are your outdoor works a commentary on public sculpture? A commentary? No. But then again, perhaps it's unconscious on my part. Everybody likes shit anyway. As a child, shit is the first gift that you give to your parents..."