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10 June 2023–28 April 2024

Erwin Wurm's Sculptures at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

10 June 2023–28 April 2024

Yorkshire Sculpture Park hosts Erwin Wurm's first museum show in the U.K. from 10 June 2023 to 28 April 2024. The monumental survey of over 100 works, titled Trap of the Truth, includes a four-metre-high bronze gherkin, a hot water bottle with feet, and some leggy luggage.

Erwin Wurm's Sculptures at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Erwin Wurm, Step (Big) (2021). Exhibition view: Trap of the Truth, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, United Kingdom (10 June 2023–28 April 2024). Courtesy Studio Erwin Wurm and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery. Photo: © Jonty Wilde, Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Artist Profile Erwin Wurm

While Erwin Wurm works with many mediums, including found objects, clay, and photography, wry humour is his primary material. Taking cues from conceptual and performance art, Wurm uses absurdity to comment on Western attitudes toward commodities,

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