Austrian artist Erwin Wurm became world-famous for his sculptures about the absurd and the paradox in our society. . For Façade, (This exhibition ) he picked the façades at the buiding Balans on the square of CBK Zeeland for his location. Second-hand furniture will be attached to these walls. Chairs, a table, a made-up bed: a complete interior will be exhibited this way.
He says: ‘We bring the furniture outside. This type of work is a reaction to the weighty art of the ’60s and ’70s that I was raised with. What is the source of our existence, what is our destination; very weighty, pathetic works that make the viewer smaller. I do exactly the opposite and make myself smaller. By bringing furniture outside, you, being an artist make yourself vulnerable.
Well, it's fun to look at but I certainly don't feel larger, as he hopes we should, when I see furniture attached to the outside of a building. It does make me smile though because it's unexpected.
Ian