Erwin Wurm’s exhibit at the Frye Museum in Seattle was surprisingly fascinating. Before going to the museum I looked on the Frye Museum web site to get an idea of what I was going to be seeing and I was not too impressed by the two pictures they had on the site. But after arriving to the museum and seeing the entire show, which was quite extensive, I was very impressed.
Wurm’s work thought the years from 1997 to the present is a combination of sculpture and performance. There were many pieces in the exhibit, which I think made it far more enjoyable and really gave you a good feeling for his ideas. His piece titled “fat car” and “ fat house” were more serious and had a dark humor in contrast to the rest of his work that was showing. From the outside they looked funny but they had an underling meaning, which in the “fat car’s” case was drugs. His other work didn’t seem to have an underling meaning. The one-minute sculptures were very humorous along with most of his video performances.
I really enjoyed how he challenged people’s ideas of what sculpture and performance actually is.
Seeing an old couple laugh at some of the photographs and then passing a young girl fascinated with one of the videos, while walking through the exhibit really showed the variety of people that enjoyed the exhibit.