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Franz West sculptures installed on the roof of the Institute of Contemporary Arts

LONDON.- A three-part sculpture, Room in London, by Austrian artist Franz West has been installed on the roof of the ICA on The Mall where it will be on show until 29 January 2012. The installation consists of three large lacquered aluminium abstract parts. Their varying shapes, the tallest of which is 5m high, define the space around them and continues an extensive series of important public projects by the artist. These include The Garden of Earthly Delight at the Belvedere, Vienna (2009), The Ego and the Id in Central Park, New York (2008), and Les Pommes d’Adam in Place Vendôme, Paris (2007). Room in London was previously installed in the Piazza di Pietra in Rome in 2009/10. West continually strives to create a dialogue between his work and the public, encouraging the viewer to interact with his sculptures and creating relationships that complete the work of art as an active reality. Since the Seventies, the artist’s