Internationally recognized Austrian artist Erwin Wurm challenges the traditional notion of sculpture as static and unchanging. With his irreverent One Minute Sculptures presented at the IMA, Wurm invites you to complete his artworks. On empty platforms, the artist provides instructional drawings, along with props to be used in different poses. Each of these One Minute Sculptures, as enacted by a different visitor, becomes an entirely unique and fleeting portrait of the individual holding a specific pose.
Some of the One Minute Sculptures presented at the IMA are from a new series called “Euclidean Exercises,” inspired by Euclid, the revered mathematician from Greco-Roman antiquity considered the father of geometry.
In other locations throughout the IMA, such as the Clowes Pavilion and various galleries, visitors will encounter other works by Wurm including photos, video as well as "static" sculptures. By experiencing Wurm’s contemporary works in selected historical galleries, viewers are reminded that all art was once contemporary.