ERWIN WURM
MISCONCEIVABLE

MIDDLEHEIMMUSEUM, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
PERMANENT INSTALLATION SINCE 2007

This is a characteristic Erwin Wurm piece in which a familiar form deviates subtly from reality. As the title indicates, this piece causes doubt and a sense of uncertainty in the observer: it is MISCONCEIVABLE, open to misunderstanding.

As with other sculptures by Wurm, MISCONCEIVABLEcombines an exploration of the limits and opportunities offered by a sculpture with an absurdist humor and an unpleasant undertone of impotence. The location of the boat ensures that it will be an important landmark for the museum. The monumental work is a striking landmark at the main entrance to the art park on the Middelheimlaan.

MISCONCEIVABLE, 2007
Polyester, wood, metal
10 x 710 x 226 cm

© Images Jesse Willems

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ERWIN WURM
Erwin Wurm (b. 1954 in Bruck an der Mur, Austria) lives and works in Vienna. His 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, Wu...
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