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Installation view at the 5th Biennale di Venezia, Glasstress, Gallery ThaddeusRopac, Salzburg (A), Paris (F); Gallery Xavier Hufkens, Brussels (B); Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York (USA), Hong Kong, Photo: Studio Wurm
Exhibition
Erwin Wurm
15 Apr 2016 – 22 Aug 2016
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Address
- Alte Jakobstraße 124-128
- Berlin
Berlin - 10969
- Germany
Travel Information
- M29 Waldeckparck, 248 Jüdisches Museum
- U1/U3 Hallesches Tor, U6 Kochstr./Hallesches Tor, U8 Moritzplatz
Since the late 1980s Wurm has been exploring the boundaries between sculpture, object and performance.
About
Erwin Wurm (*1954) was invited to join the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme in 1987. His residence in the city coincided with a period of redefinition in his work. Since the late 1980s he has been exploring the boundaries between sculpture, object and performance.
A key exhibit is the Narrow House, a faithful reconstruction of his parents’ home in every detail, except that the artist has compressed it into a depth of just over a metre. By walking around the house, visitors literally experience the constrictions of provincial life. This work is accompanied by several One Minute Sculptures: instructions invite visitors to adopt unusual poses with the help of everyday objects, turning themselves briefly into a living sculpture. The third section of this exhibition, a comprehensive display of drawings by Erwin Wurm, is in itself a première.
The exhibition has been financed by the Capital Cultural Fund and the Förderverein Berlinische Galerie e.V.
