| Dates: | born 1954
| | Biography: | 1954 Born in Bruck/Mur.
Lives and works in New York
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1998 Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee
1997 One Minute Sculptures,
Kunstlerhaus Bremen
1994-95 22°C, Museum Moderner Kunst
Stifting Ludwig Wien, 20er Haus,
Vienna; Kunstmuseum St. Gallen,
Switzerland 1993 Kunstverein Hamburg
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1998 C'est la Vie, Centre d'Art
Contemporain, Brussels
The Austrian Vision (Positions of
Contemporary Art), Denver Art Museum,
Denver
1996-98 Do It (1996) The
Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum,
Reykjavik; Taidenhalli, Kunsthalle
Helsinki; University Art Gallery,
Bangkok; Forder, l'Usine, Geneva;
Konstmuseum, Uppsala; (1997),
Kunstverein Kreis Gutersloh; Thallinn Art
Hall, Thallinn; Palo Alto Cultural Center,
Palo Alto, California; Cranbrook Art
Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Biblioteca
Luis Angel Arango, Bogota; (1998)
Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas;
Visual Arts Center, Boise State
University, Boise; The Nickle Arts
Museum, The University of Calgary,
Calgary, Alberta; Surrey Art Centre,
Surrey, British Columbia; Freedman
Gallery, Reading, PA; Surrey Art
Gallery, Vancouver
1996 Antagonismes: 30 ans de
Photographie Autrichienne (1960-1990),
Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
1994 La Vision Austriaca: Tres
Generaciones de Artistas,
Fundacion "la Caixa," Madrid; Barcelona
1992 The Boundary Rider: 9th Biennale
of Sydney, Sydney
1991 Pastfuturetense, Vancouver Art
Gallery, Vancouver
1990 Dimensione Futuro: l’Artista e lo
Spazio,
XLIV Esposizione Internationale d'Arte,
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
1989 Kunst der Letzen 10 Jahre,
Museum moderner Kunst, Vienna
Wein Wein 1960-1990, Museum fur
moderne Kunst, Bozen; Mailand; Rome
1987 19a Bienal Internacional de Sao
Paulo, Sao Paulo | | | Source: | "Trace, 1st Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art", Festival catalogue | | | Date of source: | 1999 |
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| | Description: | Erwin Wurm's performance sculptures
arise from simple daily actions: trying on
new clothing, driving by a billboard, or
opening a box.
Superficially minimalist in style, these
works are actually more closely related
to performance art in their
impermanence and emphasis on action.
In earlier pieces, Wurm folded jumpers
and shirts in different ways to create
different volumes. The performances
began with clothing worn in dysfunctional
ways to produce abstractions and new
geometries.
A jumper drawn over the entire form of a
crouched figure, for example, produced a
symmetrical cube. At the Exchange
Flags in Liverpool, Wurm has displayed
copies of drawings he made as
instructions for one-minute
performances. Each performance
entailed everyday objects being used to
complete an action, based solely on the
criterion that the action was possible.
For example, a minimum number of
tennis balls were used to form a bed
upon which participants could lie,
supported only at the necessary points.
The process was recorded on video, and
is shown in the present installation
beside the objects and drawings. The
audience is encouraged to participate by
following the instructions in the drawings
and employing the materials that have
been provided in the installation. A
billboard has been created in Liverpool
displaying an example of these
performances.
| | Description Source: | "Trace, 1st Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art", Festival catalogue | | Description Source Date: | 1999 | | Gender: | male | | Type: | person |
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