Unlike some art which can be viewed with hands behind one’s back, Erwin Wurm’s work is not art for the passive viewer. Instead, the Austrian conceptual artist encourages viewers to participate in his ‘one minute sculptures’. Viewers are invited to step onto the white pedestal and engage with the object. In our case, the objects of choice were two buckets. On the wall behind us hung a friendly ‘how to’ guide: a little drawing and brief written by the artist, a message from Wurm to his interactive viewers.
