Erwin Wurm
dal 26/4/2007 al 1/9/2007
Segnalato da
26/4/2007
Erwin Wurm
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
This retrospective presents his comprehensive oeuvre, which includes all forms of media and systems of reference. For Wurm actions, written or drawn instructions or even thoughts can become sculpture. He created a spectacular new work, which resumes to the Viennese work of 2006 "House Attack": The world 9 x 5 x 5 m of a large single family house is elevated from the fishing rods and stands upside down in the Deichtorhallen.
Solo show
Born in 1954 in Bruck an der Mur, Austria, Erwin Wurm has always been involved in a question and answer game about sculpture and the way it is constituted. A multifaceted oeuvre has emerged over twenty-five years, which can be regarded as a continual investigation about the definition of sculpture. For Wurm, who is one of the most successful contemporary Austrian artists, actions, written or drawn instructions or even thoughts can become sculpture. This retrospective show presents for the first time, and on such a large scale, Wurm’s comprehensive oeuvre, which includes all forms of media and systems of reference.
In a permanent exchange of questions and answers about what sculpture is and how it is constituted, Erwin Wurm has worked for more than twenty five years on a many layered body of work that can be understood as a long term study of sculpture as a concept. For Wurm, one of the most successful contemporary artists, anything can become sculpture: actions, written or drawn instructions, or even a thought. His art often treats elementary as well as banal life needs and actions, as well as their perversion, as can be expressed in physical deformations. The artist explores issues such as the thinness craze and obesity, fashion, advertising, the cult of consumerism, whose central fetishes include the private home as well the car. The exhibition shows with more than 400 drawings, videos, photographs, and sculptures, the most expansive show of the artist's work to date.
Particularly for the Deichtorhallen Erwin Wurm created a spectacular new work, which resumes to the Viennese work of 2006 "House Attack": The world 9 x 5 x 5 m of a large single family house is elevated from the fishing rods and stands upside down in the Deichtorhallen.
Erwin Wurm is a presentation made in collaboration with MUMOK, Vienna and the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. The artist’s book Erwin Wurm. The artist who swallowed the world, published in cooperation with the Kunstmuseum Aachen by Hatje Cantz Verlag, will appear in English with comments by the artist and an essay by the philosopher Robert Pfaller.
Deichtorhallen
Deichtorstrasse 1-2 - Hamburg