erwin wurm | art and installation news, projects, and interviews https://www.designboom.com/tag/erwin-wurm/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Tue, 04 Jul 2023 07:58:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ‘trap of the truth’: erwin wurm’s mind-bending exhibition opens at yorkshire sculpture park https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-trap-of-the-truth-exhibition-yorkshire-sculpture-park-uk-06-15-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-trap-of-the-truth-exhibition-yorkshire-sculpture-park-uk-06-15-2023/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:40:06 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=998727

more than 100 works by the austrian artist are currently on display, including 55 sculptures indoors and 19 sculptures spread outdoors.

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erwin wurm brings life to everyday objects at yorkshire sculpture park https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-yorkshire-sculpture-park-trap-truth-uk-03-31-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-yorkshire-sculpture-park-trap-truth-uk-03-31-2023/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:01:19 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=979767

erwin wurm's first UK museum exhibition 'trap of the truth' will open at yorkshire sculpture park on june 10th, 2023.

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interview with erwin wurm on body-based art and beverage-drinking at ‘yes biological’ https://www.designboom.com/art/interview-erwin-wurm-yes-biological-lehmann-maupin-01-19-2020/ https://www.designboom.com/art/interview-erwin-wurm-yes-biological-lehmann-maupin-01-19-2020/#respond Sun, 19 Jan 2020 18:30:06 +0000 nina azzarello I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=656098

designboom spoke with wurm about this latest evolution of his work, the participatory aspect of the exhibition, and his fears, and hopes, for the future. 

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erwin wurm parks his fat car, narrow house, and big coat across the french city of le havre https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-fat-car-narrow-house-le-havre-09-22-2019/ https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-fat-car-narrow-house-le-havre-09-22-2019/#respond Sun, 22 Sep 2019 14:30:46 +0000 nina azzarello I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=625746

the artist's distorted, swollen, contorted, and exaggerated artworks hit the city.

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erwin wurm parks beefy ‘hot dog bus’ in brooklyn, serving up free franks all summer long https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-hot-dog-bus-public-art-fund-brooklyn-06-12-2018/ https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-hot-dog-bus-public-art-fund-brooklyn-06-12-2018/#respond Tue, 12 Jun 2018 04:15:42 +0000 nina azzarello I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=512717

brooklyn bridge park – one of new york city's most popular destinations – is treated to a 'supersized' sculptural experience, courtesy of the public art fund.

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one minute sculptures by erwin wurm at venice biennale https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-venice-art-biennale-austrian-pavilion-one-minute-sculptures-05-15-2017/ https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-venice-art-biennale-austrian-pavilion-one-minute-sculptures-05-15-2017/#respond Mon, 15 May 2017 15:15:59 +0000 juliana neira I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=422566

visitors are asked to follow in-situ instructions to create the 'one minute sculptures'.

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erwin wurm deforms domestic interior objects at frieze new york https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-frieze-new-york-2016-lehmann-maupin-05-12-2016/ https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-frieze-new-york-2016-lehmann-maupin-05-12-2016/#respond Fri, 13 May 2016 00:01:24 +0000 nina azzarello I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=336900

wurm sits, punches, crushes and drives across the original clay forms prior to casting, leaving permanent marks on their final figure.

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erwin wurm leaves a physical mark on deformed domestic objects https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-lost-galerie-thaddaeus-ropac-04-05-2016/ https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-lost-galerie-thaddaeus-ropac-04-05-2016/#respond Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:01:05 +0000 nina azzarello I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=316526

the series of sculptural vintage furniture pieces are initially formed in clay and sat on, walked over or pushed into by the artist's own body, deforming their original shape.

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erwin wurm infills kunstmuseum wolfsburg with ‘fat’ objects and a german forest https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-kunstmuseum-wolfsburg-fat-objects-german-forest-03-25-2015/ https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-kunstmuseum-wolfsburg-fat-objects-german-forest-03-25-2015/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:45:12 +0000 nina azzarello I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=252959

more than fifty gigantic, real firs hanging from the ceiling surround more than forty works of art by erwin wurm including a selection from his 'fat' sculpture series.

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erwin wurm reimagines the frankfurter for synthesa https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-reimagines-the-frankfurter-for-synthesa-02-18-2014/ https://www.designboom.com/art/erwin-wurm-reimagines-the-frankfurter-for-synthesa-02-18-2014/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:50:04 +0000 nina azzarello I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=173363

with an anatomy of 'limbs' that visually mimic the recognizable encased meat shape, the series of sculptures featured in the upcoming exhibit at lehmann maupin, new york challenge the viewer's perception of everyday reality.

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