Franz West & Andreas Reiter Raabe

LED lamps, papier mâché, cardboard tubes, acrylic paint, and metal chain
13 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 30 5/16 inches (35 x 73 x 77 cm)
© Archiv Franz West, © Estate Franz West

Early sculpture was always painted, Gothic or Baroque or whatever you like … everything was always painted. I don’t think you can say they are pictures. Normally with sculptures it is a matter of certain parts just being emphasized with paint … In my case the paint application is more or less independent of the place where it is applied, so to that extent it is not painted in the traditional sense. It is my own way of using paint.

—Franz West, interviewed by Andreas Reiter Raabe