Erwin wurm

Since its establishment more than two decades ago Lehmann Maupin has identified and cultivated the careers of an international roster of visionary and historically significant artists.

Erwin Wurm: Artworks

Austrian artist Erwin Wurm directs volunteers to interact in paradoxical ways with random everyday objects – a chair, pencils, fresh fruit – for one minute.

Erwin Wurm is one of Austria's most important and internationally famous sculptors known for his humorous approach to art. In 2003, E...

Since its establishment more than two decades ago Lehmann Maupin has identified and cultivated the careers of an international roster of visionary and historically significant artists.

If anything, fashion is about the human body and its unique construction. Form, lines and structure are some elements we study. However, occasionally an artist would come along and alter our percep…

Erwin+Wurm:+“Fat+Convertible”

It is a curious feeling to find oneself transformed, even if only for a short while, into a work of art. Ever more so, to become a work of art by someone else. But on Monday night that is exactly what happened to me. I stood on a small white plinth in one of the […]

Short bag by Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm was born in 1954 in Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria. He is known for his humorous style as well as his peculiar portrayals of daily life.