artisti
Erwin Wurm
Erwin Wurm, nato in Austria nel 1954, vive e lavora a Vienna e a New York. Ha esposto in mostre personali in tutto il mondo e dal 2002 insegna all’Università delle Arti Applicate di Vienna. Si considera uno scultore: nel suo lavoro le relazioni tra gli oggetti, l’equilibrio, la forza di gravità, la fissità delle forme e la manipolazione dei volumi giocano un ruolo determinante e si concretizzano nella produzione di disegni, video, fotografie ed oggetti. E' noto per le One minute sculpture 1997-2001, opere che ridefiniscono il concetto statico di scultura in quello dinamico dell’azione-performance.
Erwin Wurm (Austrian, b.1954) is an artist best known for his strange depictions of everyday life and his humorous approach to the Formalism style. He was born in Bruck an der Mur and studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts in Austria. Wurm takes everyday object such as nails, screws, and almost anything else, and creates breathtaking sculptures that make people question exactly what defines a sculpture. He has been working on One Minute Sculpturessince the late 1980s; in these works, a model poses with everyday objects, but in a strange and almost unnatural way. Wurm’s work involves taking something mundane and enlarging, curving, or otherwise distorting it. His goal is to cause the viewer to look closer at the sculpture and find its true meaning. Wurm resides in Vienna and Limburg, Austria.