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Erwin Wurm — Phone
Erwin Wurm

Phone

2015

"Phone" by Erwin Wurm is a bronze sculpture that exemplifies the Austrian artist's characteristic blend of humor and formal abstraction. The work transforms an everyday object into an enlarged, distorted form that invites viewers to reconsider the familiar through a lens of playful exaggeration. Wurm's approach to the telephone reflects his broader practice of elevating mundane subjects and materials into meditations on contemporary life and consumer culture.

Medium
bronze

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 11, 2024

Lot 122

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Erwin Wurm, Phone, 2015

"Phone" by Erwin Wurm is a bronze sculpture that exemplifies the Austrian artist's characteristic blend of humor and formal abstraction. The work transforms an everyday object into an enlarged, distorted form that invites viewers to reconsider the familiar through a lens of playful exaggeration. Wurm's approach to the telephone reflects his broader practice of elevating mundane subjects and materials into meditations on contemporary life and consumer culture.

Medium
bronze
Year
2015
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Austrian, Transformative Objects, Absurdist, Sculpture, Technology, 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Humorous, Found Objects, Contemporary

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