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Erwin Wurm Biography
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Born in Bruck/Mur, Austria
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Lives and works in Vienna and New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Gold, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
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2012
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CAC Málaga – Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga, Spain (solo)
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2012
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Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA
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2012
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Albertina, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2011 - 2012
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Beauty Business, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, USA (solo)
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2011 - 2012
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new sculptures, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
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2011
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The Beauty Business, gem – Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands (solo)
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2011
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Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, USA (solo)
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2011
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Schöner Wohnen, MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2011
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Wear me out, Middleheimmuseum, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
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2011
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Misconceivable, Kunsthallen Brandts / Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark (solo)
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2011
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Yes Biological, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
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2011
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Micro-Retrospective, Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia (ICA-Sofia), Sofia, Bulgaria (solo)
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2011
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Superstress, 54th Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, Italy
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2011
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The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture 1839 to Today, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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2011
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Car Culture – Medien der Mobilität, ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
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2010
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The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
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2010
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Atopia, CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain
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2010
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Liquid Reality, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (curator: Stephan Berg) (solo)
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2010
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Narrow Mist, UCCA – Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (curator: Jerome Sans) (solo)
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2010
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Private Wurm, Kunst der Gegenwart – Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2010
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Selbstportrait als Essiggurkerl, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria (solo)
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2010
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Elogiate i ceti inferiori soprattutto per rimanere inferiori, BASE, Progetti per L’Arte, Firenze, Italy (solo)
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2010
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Gulp, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2010
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Project – Selfportrait as Pickles, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2009
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Desperate Philosophers, Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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2009
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The Desperate Philosophers – Neue Skulpturen, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg, Austria (solo)
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2009
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3rd Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia (curator: Jean-Hubert Martin)
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2008
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Art of Participation: 1950 to Now, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
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2008
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Ich – Es – Überich, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2008
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Hypnose II, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2008
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Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2008
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Tell, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
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2007
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Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland (solo)
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2007
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Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France (solo)
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2007
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Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden (solo)
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2007
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Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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2007
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Erwin Wurm, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
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2007
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Affinities- Deutsche Guggenheim, 1997-2007, Guggenheim in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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2007
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All about laughter: role of humors in contemporary art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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2007
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I am future melancholic, Tate Modern, London, UK
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2007
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Il était une fois, l’École d’Arts Plastiques de Vitrolles, Vitrolles, France
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2007
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Salon de la Kakanie, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
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2007
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Hamlet, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
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2006
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All the Best. The Deutsche Bank Collection and Zaha Hadid, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
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2006
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Le mouvement des images, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
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2006
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Simultan, zwei Sammlungen österreichischer Fotographie, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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2006
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Display of UBS Collection, Tate Modern, London, UK
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2006
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Art and Play, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
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2006
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Adorno was wrong with his ideas about art, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria (solo)
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2006
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Home, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France (solo)
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2006
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Disziplin der Subjektivität, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
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2006
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Keep a cool head, MUMOK Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2006
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The artist who swallowed the world, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany (solo)
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2006
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Erwin Wurm. New Sculpture, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (solo)
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2006
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The Idiot, Sala de Exposiciones Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2006
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I love my time, I don’t like my time: Recent works by Erwin Wurm, Rose Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA / Frye Art Museum, Seattle, USA (solo)
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2006
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SECCA, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, USA (solo)
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2006
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Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2006
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CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France (solo)
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2005
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Galerie Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2005
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Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2005
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Drive. Automobili nell’Arte Contemporanea, GAM, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Bologna, Italy
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2005
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Erwin Wurm, MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, Italy (solo)
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2005
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Glue your brain, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (solo)
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2005
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Erwin Wurm, Peggy Guggenheim Collection,Venice, Italy (solo)
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2005
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Rundlederwelten, Gropiusbau, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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In the Line of Flight, China Millenium Art Museum, Bejing, China
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2005
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Erwin Wurm, Museo do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
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2005
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (solo)
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2005
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I love my time, I don’t like my time: Recent works by Erwin Wurm, Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, USA (solo)
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2005
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Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2005
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Am I a House?, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2005
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The Idiot, Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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2005
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Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France (curators: Jérome Sans, Nicolas Bourriaud)
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2005
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Snow white and the seven dwarfs, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander (curator: Udo Kittelmann)
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2005
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Spielräume, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum - Zentrum Internationaler Skulptur, Duisburg, Germany
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2005
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Situation Comedy: Humor in recent art, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii/ Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago/ Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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2005
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Sweet Temptations, Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, Switzerland
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2005
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Marking Time, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, USA
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2005
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Scultura leggera Light Sculpture, 503 Mulino, Vicenza
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2005
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Munch revisited, Museum am Ostwall, Ausstellungshalle der Stadt Dortmund, Germany
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2005
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Polaroid als Geste, Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany
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2004
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Seville International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville (curator: Harald Szeemann)
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2004
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Photo and Video Sculpture by Erwin Wurm, KvadraT Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia (solo)
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2004
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I love my time, I don’t like my time, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA (solo)
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2004
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European Dream, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico (curator: Pamela Echeverria) (solo)
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2004
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TRAC Tecnologie e Ricerca Artistica Contemporanea, Palazzo Fichera, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Catania, Italy (solo)
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2004
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International Biennial Foundation of Contemporary Art of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
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2004
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Arti & Architettura, 1900-2000, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
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2004
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Skulptur. Prekärer Realismus zwischen Melancholie und Komik, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
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2004
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Ich will, dass Du mir glaubst!, 9. Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach, Germany
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2004
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Orozco - Wentworth - Wurm, FotoGrafia - International Rome Festival, The Andersen Museum, Rome, Italy
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2004
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Soziale Kreaturen – wie Körper Kunst wird, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
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2004
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Global World - Private Universe, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland
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2004
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Von Angesicht zu Angesicht – Das Antlitz des Menschen in der Kunst, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland
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2004
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Porträts. Picasso, Bacon, Warhol …, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
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2004
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Vision einer Sammlung, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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2004
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Farbige Plastik, Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
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2004
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Le proche et le lointain, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d'art contemporain, Bignan, France
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2004
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LASTWINTERSPRINGNEVERCAME, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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2004
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Paisaje después de la tormenta [Landscape after the storm], T20 Gallery, Murcia, Spain
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2004
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Dessins et des autres, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
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2004
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Exposition collective de sculpture, Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
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2004
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Dessins et des autres – part II, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
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2004
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A 20 h Prêts à prêter 1, Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France
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2004
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Close Reading #3, objectif_exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium
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2004
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Art Unlimited, Art 35 Basel, Switzerland
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2004
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Krinzinger Österreich, Künstler der Galerie (A), Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
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2004
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Virtual Frame, Kunsthalle Wien project space Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
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2004
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Haus und Körper, Galerie Francoise Heitsch, Munich, Germany
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2004
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4ème Biennale de la Photographie et des Arts visuels, Centre Culturel "Les Chiroux", Liège, Belqium
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2004
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Brooklyn Euphoria Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, USA
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2004
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Grotesque, burlesque et parody, Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Meymac, France
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2004
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Galerie Espai Lucas, Valencia, Spain (solo)
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2004
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Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo)
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2004
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Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
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2003
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European Dream, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Col San Angel, Mexico City / Casa ITESO-Clavigero, Guadalajara, Mexico (curator: Pamela Echeverria) (solo)
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2003
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Erwin Wurm – One Minute Sculptures/Orifice, Melbourne International Festival, ACCA Australian centre for Contemporary Art / Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia (solo)
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2003
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Erwin Wurm videos, RISD - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA (solo)
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2003
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One Minute Sculptures, Erwin Wurm, Mairies des 13e et 14e arrondissements, FRAC-PACA (Fonds régional d'art contemporain Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), Marseille, France (solo)
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2003
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Galerie Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2003
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Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (solo)
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2003
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Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France (solo)
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2003
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Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Galeria La Fabrica, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2003
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Hilfe, Graz, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria (solo)
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2003
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ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany (solo)
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2002
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Fat Survival – Handlungsformen der Skulptur, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria (solo)
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2002
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Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (solo)
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2002
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Erwin Wurm, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Sculptures with embarrassment, Studio K, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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2002
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Erwin Wurm Videoarbeiten 1989-2002, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
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2002
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Galerie Art:Concept, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo)
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2002
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Vendanta Gallery, Chicago, USA (solo)
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2002
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Galerie Häusler, Munich, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Performance Drawings, Drawing Centre, New York, USA (solo)
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2001
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Sleeping for two months, Centre pour l´Image Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2001
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Videos 1991 – 2001, Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2001
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Fat car, MAMCO Museé d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2001
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Galerie Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2001
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Galeria Espai Luca, Valencia, Spain (solo)
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2001
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Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2001
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Galerie The Box, Turin, Italy (solo)
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2000
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Photographers Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2000
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F.R.A.C. Limousin, Limoges, France (solo)
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2000
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Feelings, L´Ecole des Beaux-arts, Rouen, France (solo)
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2000
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Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo)
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2000
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Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (solo)
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2000
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Galerie Art : Concept, Paris, France (solo)
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1999
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Project wall, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
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1998
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Institute of Visual Arts, UW, Milwaukee, USA (solo)
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1997
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Me, me fat watching TV, Galleria The Box, Turin, Italy (solo)
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1982
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Neue Skulptur, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
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1982
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Triumph Skulptur, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
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1981
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Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria (solo)
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| Literature |
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2005
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ARTFORUM International, January 2005, New York, USA, p. 187
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2005
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Flash Art, January-February 2005, Vol. XXXVIII, No.240, Mailand, Italy, p. 117
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2004
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Verhagen, Eric. "L’échec sculptural de Erwin Wurm." Art Press (Paris, France), Number 307, December, pp. 18-23, cover.
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2004
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Marsola, Helga. “Erwin Wurm.” Flash Art (Milan, August/September), p. 128.
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2004
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Marsola, Helga. “Erwin Wurm,” EXIBART on paper (Florence, June/July).
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2004
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Contemporary (London), no. 60, p. 74.
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2004
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Olivares, Rosa. “Este no es un texto de un minuto/This is not a one minute text.” EXIT (Madrid), no. 13, pp. 72–93.
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2004
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Olivares, Rosa. “Teoría, teóricos, teorética, teorizante . . . teomanía.” EXITBOOK (Madrid), no. 3, pp. 4–5.
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2004
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Jarque, Vicente. “Sencillo y hondo.” El País (Madrid), February 14, p. 17.
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2004
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Carrasco, Alex. “Erwin Wurm, No lo llames burla.” NEO2 (Madrid), no. 33 (February/March), pp.57–58.
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2003
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Cash, Stefanie: Stand-Up Artist in: Art in America, December, New York, USA, pp.84-87, cover.
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2003
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Gavulová, Lucia: Kto je Erwin Wurm? in: VLNA, no. 16, Bratislava, Slovakia, pp.4-11.
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2003
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Fanchette, Frédérique: Simplement incorrect in: Libération, November 14, France, pp.38-39.
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2003
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Vozmediano, Elena: Wurm y la escultura efimera in: El Cultural, 18.9.2003, p. 29.
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2003
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Kissler, Alexander: Das Orakel der Steiermark in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Nr. 152, 5./6. July, p. 17.
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2003
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Schlüter, Ralf: Kopf in den Eimer in: ART, Hamburg, Deutschland, Nr. 6, June, p. 135.
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2003
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Kröner, Magdalena, Körper auf den Punkt gebracht in: die tageszeitung, Berlin, Germany, March 27, p. 16.
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2003
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Reininghaus, Alexandra: Eine Skulptur für alle Fälle in: ART, Hamburg, Germany, Nr. 4, April, p.18 - 25.
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2003
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Adbusters, Blaine, WA, USA, Jan/Feb Vol 11 No.1, pp. 29 & 34.
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2003
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Erwin Wurm in: Time Out, May 1-7, No. 11, p. 100.
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