erwin wurm

[...] I became a sculptor by coincidence. I wanted to study painting but for some reason (perhaps I was a bad painter!) when I was at school I ended up in a sculpture class. So at the beginning I was frustrated, I felt rebellious towards my teachers. But then I started to think what sculpture could be. On the other hand I realized that I was interested in daily life objects. All the materials that surrounded me could be useful in making a piece of art. As well as the objects, topics involved in contemporary society could also be used as a source of inspiration [...] (zitiert aus: “One minute interview“ with Erwin Wurm by Antonella Soldaini 2004)

Für den Kunstraum Innsbruck entwickelt der österreichische Künstler Erwin Wurm eine in situ Arbeit. Vor Ort transformiert er diverse Gebrauchsgegenstände in der Manier seiner “one-minute-sculptures“ zu Kunstobjekten.

Zur Ausstellung ist ein Künstlerbuch erschienen: Erwin Wurm, edited by Stefan Bidner, Kunstraum Innsbruck 2006, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln