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Erwin Wurm — Spit Pot
Erwin Wurm

Spit Pot

A painted bronze sculpture by Erwin Wurm, *Spit Pot* transforms an everyday domestic object into a work of absurdist humor and material contradiction. Wurm's signature wit is evident in the piece, which plays with the tension between the weighty permanence of cast bronze and the mundane, disposable nature of its subject. The painted surface further blurs the boundary between sculpture and ordinary object, inviting viewers to question the nature of value and artistic meaning.

Medium
painted bronze

🔨 Auction Lot

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 10, 2016

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Erwin Wurm, Spit Pot

A painted bronze sculpture by Erwin Wurm, *Spit Pot* transforms an everyday domestic object into a work of absurdist humor and material contradiction. Wurm's signature wit is evident in the piece, which plays with the tension between the weighty permanence of cast bronze and the mundane, disposable nature of its subject. The painted surface further blurs the boundary between sculpture and ordinary object, inviting viewers to question the nature of value and artistic meaning.

Medium
painted bronze
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Austrian, Bronze, Bold, Conceptual, Minimalist, Sculpture, Painted, Vessel, Abstract, Contemporary

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