Erwin Wurm: Truck
As part of »The City is the Star«
Fri, June 19, 2015 – Sun, September 27, 2015
Austrian sculptor, video artist, and action artist Erwin Wurm delights in deforming everyday objects. With his inflated houses, twisted cars, and his participatory »One Minute Sculptures«, he ironically questions the visual appearance of status symbols and the significance of social conventions.
For the city’s anniversary, Wurm has a bright red truck reverse up a wall of the Weinbrennerhaus. Elegantly bent upwards at the center, the Truck appears to effortlessly overcome its own weight, and to adapt itself in conformity with the shape of the representative building. Owing to its physical distortion, this utility vehicle assumes a sculptural character, while its function now becomes of secondary importance to its artistic form. The façade of the house also loses its original meaning: becoming both parking space and street for the truck, the wall serves less as a shell for the interior but more as a stage for art.
For the city’s anniversary, Wurm has a bright red truck reverse up a wall of the Weinbrennerhaus. Elegantly bent upwards at the center, the Truck appears to effortlessly overcome its own weight, and to adapt itself in conformity with the shape of the representative building. Owing to its physical distortion, this utility vehicle assumes a sculptural character, while its function now becomes of secondary importance to its artistic form. The façade of the house also loses its original meaning: becoming both parking space and street for the truck, the wall serves less as a shell for the interior but more as a stage for art.
- Organization / Institution
- ZKM | Karlsruhe, Stadtmarketing Karlsruhe und Karlsruher Schieneninfrasturktur-Gesellschaft
Accompanying program
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- Thu, August 27, 2015
- Chantal Michel: Hybride Zonen
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Performance
Marktplatz Karlsruhe
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- Wed, July 15, 2015
- Chantal Michel: Hybride Zonen
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Performance
Marktplatz Karlsruhe
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- Thu, July 02, 2015
- Christian Falsnaes: A Good Reason Is One That Looks Like One
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Performance
Postgalerie
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- Sun, June 21, 2015
- Wermke/Leinkauf: Safe in the City
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Hauptbahnhof Karlsruhe, Gleis 1
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- Sat, June 20, 2015
- Shinseungback Kimyonghun: Aposematic Jacket
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Performance
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- Fri, June 19, 20155.30 pm
- The City is the Star (Opening)
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Opening
Marktplatz Karlsruhe
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- Fri, June 19, 201511 am
- Leandro Erlich: Pulled by the Roots
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Marktplatz Karlsruhe
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Elmgreen & Dragset: It’s Never Too Late To Say Sorry
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Performance
Badisches Landesmuseum, Museum beim Markt
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Hans Hollein: Car Building
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K. am Ettlinger Tor
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Johan Lorbeer: Tarzan/Standbein
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Performance
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Tim Otto Roth: Heaven’s Carousel
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Friedrichsplatz, Karlsruhe
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Erwin Wurm: Truck
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Marktplatz Karlsruhe