“Around 1989/1990, I developed very minimalistic Dust Sculptures, which were paradoxically figuring the absence of the work itself. After choosing an object I would put it on a platform or a pedestal, let the dust fall on it and then removed it. All one could see by the end was the trace on the surface of the missing item, where no dust fell. This was my point zero of sculpture and that's exactly when I started to conceive a new way of thinking.”
—Erwin Wurm

 

 

Fabio Sleeping (The Artist Sleeping for 2 Months) 1994

Fabio Sleeping (The Artist Sleeping for 2 Months) 1994

Fabio Sleeping (The Artist Sleeping for 2 Months) 1994

Fabio Sleeping (The Artist Sleeping for 2 Months)

1994
c-print
120 x 80 cm

Fabio Sleeping (The Artist Sleeping for 2 Months) 1994

Fabio Sleeping (The Artist Sleeping for 2 Months) 1994

Fabio Sleeping (The Artist Sleeping for 2 Months)

1994
c-print
120 x 80 cm
detail
Fabio Sleeping (The Artist Sleeping for 2 Months)
1994
c-print
120 x 80 cm
Fabio Sleeping (The Artist Sleeping for 2 Months)
1994
c-print
120 x 80 cm
detail

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures


Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

dust sculptures
black ad white photograph
1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna 1994

Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna

1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures


Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
dust sculptures
black ad white photograph
1994
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures
Expedition New York, Cologne, Vienna
1994
gelatin silver prints
Part of the series Dust Sculptures

pedestals 1990–1993

pedestals 1990–1993

pedestals 1990–1993

Aperto

1990
dust, wood
15 x 120 x 50 cm
Exhibition view: Aperto ’90, Biennale di Venezia, 43th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy


pedestals 1990–1993

pedestals 1990–1993

Untitled

1990
dust, wood
25 x 60 x 70 cm

pedestals 1990–1993

pedestals 1990–1993


Exhibition view: Villa Arson, Nice, France, 1993
Aperto
1990
dust, wood
15 x 120 x 50 cm
Exhibition view: Aperto ’90, Biennale di Venezia, 43th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy


Untitled
1990
dust, wood
25 x 60 x 70 cm

Exhibition view: Villa Arson, Nice, France, 1993

vitrines 1990–1994

vitrines 1990–1994

vitrines 1990–1994

Untitled

1990
dust, wood, iron, glass
193 x 172 x 26 cm

vitrines 1990–1994

vitrines 1990–1994

untitled

1990
dust, wood, glass
47 x 25 x 25 cm

vitrines 1990–1994

vitrines 1990–1994

Untitled

1991
dust, wood, glass
171 × 62 × 71 cm

vitrines 1990–1994

vitrines 1990–1994

Untitled

1991
dust, cardboard, paint, wood, glass
200 x 145 x 45 cm

vitrines 1990–1994

vitrines 1990–1994

Untitled

1993
dust, paint, glass, wood
170 x 60 x 60 cm
Untitled
1990
dust, wood, iron, glass
193 x 172 x 26 cm

untitled
1990
dust, wood, glass
47 x 25 x 25 cm
Untitled
1991
dust, wood, glass
171 × 62 × 71 cm
Untitled
1991
dust, cardboard, paint, wood, glass
200 x 145 x 45 cm
Untitled
1993
dust, paint, glass, wood
170 x 60 x 60 cm

installations 1990–1994

installations 1990–1994

installations 1990–1994

Untitled

dust
installation view
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
1994

installations 1990–1994

installations 1990–1994

Untitled

dust
1990
Untitled
dust
installation view
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
1994
Untitled
dust
1990

Certificate 1990

Certificate 1990

Certificate 1990

Certificate

1990
felt-tip pen on paper
21 x 29,7 cm
instructions on installing one piece from Dust Sculptures

Certificate
1990
felt-tip pen on paper
21 x 29,7 cm
instructions on installing one piece from Dust Sculptures