Artist of the Month
I learn about new artists every day almost. Many of which I like a lot, and want to take note of. Granted, these artists aren't really 'new', most of them are pretty well known. But they're new to me, so as an art student I'm paying attention.
I labeled this a artist of the month. Really, I'm just going to write about a new artist whenever I find them/feel like it.
This month: Erwin Wurm
From Wiki: "Erwin Wurm (born 1954) is an Austrian artist.
Since the late 1980's he has developed an ongoing series of "One Minute Sculptures," in which he poses himself or his models in unexpected relationships with everyday objects close at hand, prompting the viewer to question the very definition of sculpture. He seeks to use the "shortest path" in creating a sculpture -- a clear and fast, sometimes humorous, form of expression. As the sculptures are fleeting and meant to be spontaneous and temporary, the images are only captured in photos or on film.
In The Artist Who Swallowed the World (Hatje Cantz) Wurm is quoted as saying: "I am interested in the everyday life. All the materials that surrounded me could be useful, as well as the objects, topics involved in contemporary society. My work speaks about the whole entity of a human being: the physical, the spiritual, the psychological and the political."
He is mentioned in the Red Hot Chili Peppers music video Can't Stop, in which a sign states that his art was an inspiration for the video. In a recent iTunes interview Flea is quoted as saying Wurm's picture of a man with a pencil in his nose was a significant influence on the video. The photos in "One Minute Sculptures" were impulsively made and are quite bizarre. Erwin Wurm has also made a sculpture named 'fat car' (an image of a sportscar carrying copious amounts of fat), among many others."
I especially like his fatso cars. :P
I labeled this a artist of the month. Really, I'm just going to write about a new artist whenever I find them/feel like it.
This month: Erwin Wurm
From Wiki: "Erwin Wurm (born 1954) is an Austrian artist.
Since the late 1980's he has developed an ongoing series of "One Minute Sculptures," in which he poses himself or his models in unexpected relationships with everyday objects close at hand, prompting the viewer to question the very definition of sculpture. He seeks to use the "shortest path" in creating a sculpture -- a clear and fast, sometimes humorous, form of expression. As the sculptures are fleeting and meant to be spontaneous and temporary, the images are only captured in photos or on film.
In The Artist Who Swallowed the World (Hatje Cantz) Wurm is quoted as saying: "I am interested in the everyday life. All the materials that surrounded me could be useful, as well as the objects, topics involved in contemporary society. My work speaks about the whole entity of a human being: the physical, the spiritual, the psychological and the political."
He is mentioned in the Red Hot Chili Peppers music video Can't Stop, in which a sign states that his art was an inspiration for the video. In a recent iTunes interview Flea is quoted as saying Wurm's picture of a man with a pencil in his nose was a significant influence on the video. The photos in "One Minute Sculptures" were impulsively made and are quite bizarre. Erwin Wurm has also made a sculpture named 'fat car' (an image of a sportscar carrying copious amounts of fat), among many others."
I especially like his fatso cars. :P