Erwin Wurm (Born 1954 Bruck an der Mur, Austria) is a pioneering contemporary artist who explores several different mediums and goes beyond their classical concepts. Wurm seems at first to embody a comedic attitude, highly apparent in his Fat Car series, where he intentionally disfigures car models seen as status symbols in modern society. The artist’s production, however, is rather a deeper, humorous critique of our modern, consumer, society; and Wurms gives the viewer who wants to go beyond a first superficial look, the possibility to discover such critique. Wurm started his artistic career studying at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Inspired by the tradition of German artist Joseph Beuys, Wurm has offered his own perspective on sculpture mediums with his ‘One Minute Sculptures’. Wurm invited the audience to participate and interact with his sculptures to assess the medium. Wurm’s work has been shown at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and Vienna, as well as the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Lyon and the centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Wurm currently resides between Vienna and Limburg, Austria. Today the artist's collections can be seen in The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London among many others.

“ For me humour is primarily a method of getting people's attention - it should ultimately prompt people to look at things more carefully. „

—Erwin Wurm