Although Wurm claims that he became a sculptor almost by chance, he is completely at home in the genre. The forms and the materials he chooses always yield surprising results that both examine and push the boundaries of sculpture. A visitor to one of Wurm's exhibitions is far from a passive onlooker, but gets the chance to take part, to become a part of the artwork himself, to join in with it.
Wurm's work often makes use of everyday designs and situations from our own experience. His work is everywhere, in the streets, in everyday life: furniture, old clothes, houses, comics, household goods, amid cars, hand-knitted sweaters, and more...
Wear me out
Big Pumpkin, 2010 @Erwin Wurm @Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels
Photo Jesse Willems
Big Psycho, 2010 @Erwin Wurm @Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg/Paris
Photo Jesse Willems
Big Psycho, 2010 @Erwin Wurm @Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Photo Jesse Willems
Big Gulp, 2009 @Erwin Wurm @Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels
Photo Jesse Willems
Melting House @Erwin Wurm @Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg/Paris
Photo Jesse Willems
Big Sweater, 2010 @Erwin Wurm @Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Photo Jesse Willems
Fat House, 2003 @Erwin Wurm @Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels/ Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Photo Jesse Willems
UFO, 2006 @Erwin Wurm @Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels
Photo Jesse Willems
Misconceivable, 2010 @Erwin Wurm @Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg/Paris
Photo Jesse Willems
Knitwear Ceiling, 2011 @Erwin Wurm
Photo Jesse Willems
Wurm has created a new artwork in the Braem Pavilion using colorful knitting. The artist is wrapping the entire ceiling of the pavilion in a gigantic "sweater."
Performative Sculptures
@Erwin Wurm @Walter Van Beirendonck
Photo Jesse Willems
Courtesy Erwin Wurm / the Middelheim Museum, Antwerp
Wear me out
May 29 - September 25, 2011