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.

Erwin Wurm News

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

by William Van Meter

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

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

by Jo Lawson-Tancred

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

Art & Exhibitions

The Tate Quietly Teams Up With Hyundai to Organize an Erwin Wurm Exhibition in Seoul

The Tate Quietly Teams Up With Hyundai to Organize an Erwin Wurm Exhibition in Seoul

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Take a rest for one minute (One Minute..., 2001

Erwin Wurm

Take a rest for one minute (One Minute..., 2001

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Das weisse Zimmer (Ost-Materiale-Skulptur), 1989

Erwin Wurm

Das weisse Zimmer (Ost-Materiale-Skulptur), 1989

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take naps on the office toilet (aus der , 2001–2002

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take naps on the office toilet (aus der , 2001–2002

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stay in your pyjamas all day (aus der..., 2001–2002

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stay in your pyjamas all day (aus der..., 2001–2002

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fantasize about nihilism (aus der Serie , 2001–2002

Erwin Wurm

fantasize about nihilism (aus der Serie , 2001–2002

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Geburtstagsstuhl, 1980

Erwin Wurm

Geburtstagsstuhl, 1980

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Pentagramm Dagobert, 1981

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Pentagramm Dagobert, 1981

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Kopf, 1981

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Stone, 2019

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Mental Blue II, 2007

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Mental Blue II, 2007

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Ohne Titel, 1987

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Ohne Titel, 1987

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Ohne Titel, 1987

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Ohne Titel, 1987

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Thinking about Kant, 1999

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Thinking about Kant, 1999

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DALE, 2012

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Iced pickle tree, 2020

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Iced pickle tree, 2020

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Modernist Pickle, 2016

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Modernist Pickle, 2016

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Cahors

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Untitled, 2001

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Untitled, 2001

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Ohne Titel, 1987

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Ohne Titel, 1987

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Hint, 2012

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Untitled, 2019

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Untitled, 2019

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Little Big Earth House

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Little Big Earth House

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Gekrümmter bauchraum: Wittgenstein

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Gekrümmter bauchraum: Wittgenstein", 2004

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Aristotelischer kurzschluss

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Aristotelischer kurzschluss

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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