Fat Porsches, thick bellies, walls of knitted fabric: Austrian artist Erwin Wurm’s sculptures are surreal, philosophical and always full of wit. A double exhibition in Duisburg presents his works.It’s still cool outside as the morning sun hides behind the gray cloud cover hanging above Duisburg’s harbor. It’s typical Erwin Wurm, I think, and evokes a fleeting memory of another large vertical sculpture – an oversized hot water bottle known as “mother” (which Wurm created in 2014). In Duisburg, Wurm has a book in a small cabinet, yet every page has been glued to the surrounding four walls to create a kind of word sculpture. “He and Me” is Erwin Wurm in life size.

Source: Daily News Egypt July 11, 2017 15:56 UTC