Cars, however, are usually not called "fat". Austrian artist Erwin Wurm is asking, why the hell not? I mean, we all know why cars aren't fat. Extra weight on a vehicle is inefficient: it becomes ...

Growing up in 1960s Austria, Erwin Wurm and his friends had an expression for expensive automobiles that were instantly recognizable and driven, they surmised, by rich people: “fat cars.” ...

The Austrian artist Erwin Wurm didn’t mince his words in ... But works from his Fat Car series—bloated automobiles created by coating a real car in plastic and inserting an additional layer ...

The artist, Erwin Wurm, made his Fat Cars as puffy, obese, life-size sculptures that bulge like overfilled sacks. Like the thin cars, they undercut the iconic qualities of certain cars — to ...

but these images of Austrian artist Erwin Wurm’s fat red Carrera takes the cake – it took all of it, from the look of things. The work of art is titled Convertible Fat Car (Porsche ...

If you think you’re not familiar with Austrian conceptual artist Erwin Wurm ... voluptuous vehicles in his “Fat Car” series, which delivers on its premise. Wurm has a thing for distortion ...

Erwin Wurm is fascinated by cars. The Austrian artist, whose playful take on sculpture has made him a global draw, is struck by the ­way they visually represent us: how we “define” ourselves ...

Erwin Wurm, Convertible Fat Car (Porsche), 2004 Photograph: Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong “The point of my work is to ask, what is sculpture?” says Wurm.

Austrian artist Erwin Wurm creates flexing ... When we change volume we also change content, like with my Fat Car series. The bloated vehicles almost feel human. What has had the biggest influence on ...

Erwin Wurm is a contemporary Austrian artist whose artistic practice prevails under a myriad of mediums, including clay, photography, and found objects. Wurm’s comical and witty attitude towards ...

Yet this is just the start of a trilogy of exhibitions by Erwin Wurm in Upper Austria. A good introduction to the surreal work of the world star, who will also provide surprises in Ischl and Gmunden.