Erwin Wurm

Bruck an der Mur, Austria, 1954

Erwin Wurm lives and works in Vienna and Limberg, Austria. Wurm studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts in Austria and has been exhibited extensively in private and public galleries around the world since. His work is held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Tate, London; Kunsthaus Zürich; Albertina, Vienna; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, among many others. In 2023, he held his first museum solo show in the UK at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and in 2017 represented Austria alongside Brigitte Kowanz at the Venice Biennale. In September 2024, the Albertina Modern in Vienna will be holding a career survey in celebration of Wurm’s 70th birthday.

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Hurry, 2023

Aluminium, Paint. 264 x 85 x 130 cm

Erwin Wurm expands contemporary notions of sculpture with humorous works that often invite viewer participation or anthropomorphize everyday objects. Wurm’s knack for the uncanny can be seen in this sculpture that features detached legs protruding from a handbag.