Erwin Wurm

(Austrian, born 1954)

Erwin Wurm is a contemporary Austrian artist working across several media. Wurm’s comical attitude towards representation features heavily in his Fat Car series, in which ge purposefully disfigures car models deemed status symbols by mass culture. “[For me] humor is primarily a method for getting people’s attention—it should ultimately prompt people to look at things more carefully,” the artist has reflected. Born on July 27, 1954 in Bruck an der Mur, Austria, Wurm  went on to study at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Following in the tradition of Joseph Beuys, the artist has contributed his own take on the medium of sculpture with his One Minute Sculptures. In these performances, Wurm invites audience participation and interaction to reevaluate the medium. His works have been shown at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and Vienna, the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Lyon, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Wurm currently lives and works between Vienna and Limburg, Austria. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Albertina in Vienna, and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.

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An Exclusive Tour With Architect Peter Marino of His Exhibition at the Tiffany Landmark

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See Erwin Wurm’s Absurdist Sculptures Take Over a U.K. Park, From a Celine Bag on Legs to a Bendy Truck Climbing the Wall

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Untitled (from the Outdoor Sculpture -..., 1999

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Untitled (from the Outdoor Sculpture -..., 1999

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Ohne Titel (Rote Pullover), 2000–2003

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Ohne Titel (Rote Pullover), 2000–2003

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"Little Big House" Butter dish, 2020

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"Little Big House" Butter dish, 2020

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Shine, Light, Wobbly, Melt, 2022

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Shine, Light, Wobbly, Melt, 2022

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Jakob, Jakob fat, 1996

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Jakob, Jakob fat, 1996

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Lars, Arm Lifted, 2022

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Lars, Arm Lifted, 2022

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Dumpling car, 2014–2018

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Dumpling car, 2014–2018

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Untitled, 1988

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Untitled, 1988

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Gherkin (Desperate Philosophers), 2009

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Gherkin (Desperate Philosophers), 2009

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Liegen auf Elternhaus, 2012

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Liegen auf Elternhaus, 2012

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one minute for ever, 2014

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one minute for ever, 2014

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Mies van der Rohe—melting, 2005

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Mies van der Rohe—melting, 2005

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Model for a telekinetic Sculpture, 2006

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Model for a telekinetic Sculpture, 2006

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THINKING ABOUT LAMBERT VON AUXERRE, 2002

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THINKING ABOUT LAMBERT VON AUXERRE, 2002

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Wurscht, 2017

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Wurscht, 2017

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Differ, 2012

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Differ, 2012

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Gurke modernistisch II (Grüner Veltliner), 2016

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Gurke modernistisch II (Grüner Veltliner), 2016

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Fat Car, 2000

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Fat Car, 2000

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Mondgesicht, 1985

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Mondgesicht, 1985

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Squirt, 2009

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Squirt, 2009

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Tower of the Socialist International I, Bent, 2013

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Tower of the Socialist International I, Bent, 2013

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Walther PPK (from the Weapons series), 2019

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Walther PPK (from the Weapons series), 2019

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ONKEL, variation 10, 2022

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ONKEL, variation 10, 2022

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