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Erwin Wurm
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Erwin Wurm - The artist who swallowed the world
The Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst will present the Vienna based artist Erwin Wurm (*1954) in an exhibition that covers the past fifteen years of an oeuvre that runs across all kinds of media and reference systems. Best known among the large public are his "one minute sculptures", photographically conserved situations where various protagonists expose themselves to sculptural actions for a short but crucial moment. Acrobatic poses and droll humour, profane implements and unspectacular places are the ingredients of these scenes. Though precisely staged by the artist they can in principle be realised by anyone in any place. This approach, that might be called popular in a broad sense, enables Erwin Wurm to extend his artistic ideas and actions to the fields of fashion, advertising, consumption on the one hand and p...
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The Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst will present the Vienna based artist Erwin Wurm (*1954) in an exhibition that covers the past fifteen years of an oeuvre that runs across all kinds of media and reference systems. Best known among the large public are his "one minute sculptures", photographically conserved situations where various protagonists expose themselves to sculptural actions for a short but crucial moment. Acrobatic poses and droll humour, profane implements and unspectacular places are the ingredients of these scenes. Though precisely staged by the artist they can in principle be realised by anyone in any place. This approach, that might be called popular in a broad sense, enables Erwin Wurm to extend his artistic ideas and actions to the fields of fashion, advertising, consumption on the one hand and p...