July 31, 2007 Erwin Wurm: Retrospective / Deichtorhallen Hamburg /

Erwin Wurm: Retrospective / Deichtorhallen Hamburg /
July 30, 2007

Erwin Wurm (born in 1954 in Bruck an der Mur, Austria) is one of the most successful contemporary Austrian artists. The retrospective show at Deichtorhallen Hamburg presents for the first time, and on such a large scale, Erwin Wurm’s comprehensive oeuvre, which includes all forms of media and systems of reference. Deichtorhallen Director Dr. Robert Fleck, who knows Erwin Wurm since a very long time provides us with an introduction to the exhibition. He talks about the initial idea for the show, the exhibition architecture, Erwin Wurm’s concept of sculpture, and the reception with the visitors of the exhibition. Erwin Wurm: The ridiculous live of a serious man. The serious live of a ridiculous man. (April 27 - September 2, 2007). Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, July 25, 2007. Part 1/2.> Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window.> Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file.> Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.> DVD available.“In a permanent exchange of questions and answers about what sculpture is and how it is constituted, Erwin Wurm has worked for more than twenty five years on a many layered body of work that can be understood as a long term study of sculpture as a concept. For Wurm, one of the most successful contemporary artists, anything can become sculpture: actions, written or drawn instructions, or even a thought. His art often treats elementary as well as banal life needs and actions, as well as their perversion, as can be expressed in physical deformations. The artist explores issues such as the thinness craze and obesity, fashion, advertising, the cult of consumerism, whose central fetishes include the private home as well the car.” (PR Deichtorhallen).
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With more than 400 drawings, videos, photographs, and sculptures, the Erwin Wurm retrospective at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg / Germany shows the most expansive show of the artist’s work to date. “Particularly for the Deichtorhallen Erwin Wurm created a spectacular new work, which resumes to the Viennese work of 2006 “House Attack”: The world 9 x 5 x 5 m of a large single family house is elevated from the fishing rods and stands upside down in the Deichtorhallen. Erwin Wurm is a presentation made in collaboration with MUMOK, Vienna and the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. The artist’s book Erwin Wurm: The Artist Who Swallowed the World, published in cooperation with the Kunstmuseum Aachen by Hatje Cantz Verlag, will appear in English with comments by the artist and an essay by the philosopher Robert Pfaller.” (PR Deichtorhallen) Erwin Wurm: The ridiculous live of a serious man. The serious live of a ridiculous man. (Das lächerliche Leben eines ernsten Mannes. Das ernste Leben eines lächerlichen Mannes) (April 27 - September 2, 2007). Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, July 25, 2007. Part 1/2.> Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window.> Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file.> Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.> DVD available.PS: Upcoming exhibitions at Deichtorhallen Hamburg: Arnulf Rainer / Dieter Roth (06.09.2007 - 06.01.2008); American Beauties: Art Club 2000, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, David Hockney, Lisette Model, Karl Struss, Wim Wenders (10.10.2007 - 06.01.2008); Georg Baselitz: Die Russenbilder (16.11.2007 - 03.02.2008).