About

His paintings and works on paper delve deep into the nuances of our contemporary reality. They mostly exclude human presence entirely and seem to view the world from a posthuman perspective. In some works, like HOTEL (2022) and SOLITUDE (2023), West subtly hints at human presence through lit lamps and the headlights of a lone car.

The scenes depicted by West are distinctly contemporary and thus rooted in a specific time. Reduced and clarified to collective, nonspecific descriptions of place and experience, they are stylized representations of reality, memory, and narrative.

“I have never …