... with Erwin Wurm

In this episode of WAS MIT KUNST, Johann König is in conversation
with artist Erwin Wurm, whose exhibition PHANTOMS is currently on
view at KÖNIG GALERIE.   Wurm’s oeuvre comprises
sculptures, photography, video, performance, and painting. His
works often involve everyday objects such as cars, houses,
clothing, luxury bags, and food products, with which he ironically
comments on consumerism and capitalist mass production. Wurm gained
widespread popularity in the 1990s with his “One Minute
Sculptures”. Museum pedestals are displayed and left devoid of any
work so that the audience can take the place of the sculpture for
one minute, according to the artist’s whimsical instructions. With
this ironic yet radical gesture, Wurm democratizes and completely
rethinks the classical concept of sculpture, traditionally
associated with the weight of the material and its solidity over
time.  In the podcast, König and Wurm speak about the artist’s
career, the idea of Wurm’s “One Minute Sculptures”, and his
exhibition, PHANTOMS, on view at KÖNIG GALERIE.