3 C-Prints, mounted on cardboard
Austria, 1997
Erwin Wurm (b. 1954) – Austrian artist
Numbered, signed and dated lower right with ‘5/X, E. Wurm 97’
From the famous series ‘One Minute Sculptures’
Overall dimensions: 50 x 75 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: German private collection
Photographs of Erwin Wurm’s ‘One Minute Sculptures’ fetch up to more than 10.000 euros each; on hand we are presented with a limited edition including three photographs of these constructed sculptures

This work comprises three color photographs of Erwin Wurm’s famous ‘One Minute Sculptures’. This presentation is limited to an exclusive number of ten and is numbered, signed and dated by the artist. Although 60 seconds may seem extremely short for the presentation of a classic sculpture, the physical act of remaining in the same pose for 60 seconds is not as easy as it may sound. The active participation of the visitor supplies the work with its meaning and at the same time the participant becomes the work for the short period of time. Erwin Wurm takes on the tradition of performance art by the likes of Piero Manzoni or for example Yoko Ono.



The work is in very good condition. The upper corners of the cardboard, showing the title ‘One Minute Sculptures’, are minimally bumped. It is numbered, signed and dated in pencil lower right with ‘5/X, E. Wurm 97’. It measures 50 x 75 cm.



Erwin Wurm (b. 1954)

Erwin Wurm was born in Styria in 1954. From 1977 to 1979 he attended the Mozarteum in Salzburg, from 1979 to 1982 he studied at the Academy of Applied Arts and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. The artist became famous in the 1980s for his performative ‘One Minute Sculptures’ for which he instructed random persons to interact with everyday objects in front of the camera. The humorous sculptures by the Austrian are mostly of alienated everyday objects in unfamiliar contexts enticing new associations. Erwin Wurm has been honored with numerous awards, with his works he is represented in the Guggenheim Museum and MoMA in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minnesota, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Wurm now lives and works in Vienna and Limberg.

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