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| Pretty Cool People Interviews: Erwin Wurm |
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See the full interview in high quality here:
http://prettycoolpeopleinterviews.submarinechannel
.nl/interviews/item/25
"I knew from a fairly early age, about 15 or so,
that I wanted to be an artist. The problem was, my
father was a detective in the police. In his view,
artists were almost as suspect as criminals",
explains Austrian artist Edwin Wurm. He obviously
withstood his father's objections to his artistic
ambitions and followed his vocation. Good for him
and for us, because Edwin Wurm is now one of the
most successful contemporary artists in the
Northern hemisphere.
We too love Edwin Wurm. He's right up there with
the zeitgeist. He speaks our language - the
language of pop culture, tv, movies, comics and
science fiction. And even though he's had solos at
some of the most prestigious museums and art
galleries around the globe, Wurm dares not to take
art, the art world, or himself all too seriously.
"I want to reach more than just an elite circle of
insiders", says Wurm. And he did. Even if you've
never seen one of Wurm's shows, you'll still know
his work indirectly from The Red Hot Chilli
Peppers' 'Can't Stop' music video. The video is
nothing less than a tribute to Erwin Wurm's work.
It's filled with Wurm-style concepts and
sculptural jokes inspired by his one-minute
sculptures. Big Kudos to the Peppers for
recognizing the influence Wurm had on their video.
This one-minute sculptures project is our biggest
favorite. Proving that you don't need to carve
into a hundred tons of marble for six months to
make a nice sculpture, Wurm does one in a minute.
These quickie sculptures are based on simple, but
powerful ideas that involve one or more models
posing with objects in a unusual way for nothing
more than a fleeting moment, really. Wurm
documents his 'sculptures' on camera. What's you
have, then, is a photograph that's part of an
ongoing series of intriguing, original images that
just hijack your attention.
Watch the interview and see how Wurm arranges the
art works for his solo show in museum Het Domein,
and see how Wurm is trying repeatedly, though
unsuccessfully, to create what he calls a
toothbrush launching pad by carefully balancing a
tube of toothpaste, a chair, two oranges, and a
bed into a fragile looking sculptural
configuration.
See the full interview in high quality here:
http://prettycoolpeopleinterviews.submarinechannel
.nl/interviews/item/25
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