In Erwin Wurm's 'One Minute Sculptures series' which started in the late 1990's he uses any materials he has at hand, set up in a studio space people are encouraged to get involved and create improvised works of art on the spot, documented by film and photography.
I find Wurm's work very interesting, although the act of making is done in a fun, playful and quite a child like way, the outcome of some pieces can be abit grim and dark and touch on subjects such as violence and warfare, but I like how the outcome of his work isn't entirely dependent on him, also in this series particularly, how each piece only lasts for one minute, and then its gone, it's like the the materials get recycled for another individual to take a different approach.
(Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures (1997) © Erwin Wurm (detail))
I like the composition of Wurm's work, like the image of a woman lying flat on the floor witha suitcase on top of her, it appears shes passed out, and perhaps been injured from the way shes posed, and the perspective we see of her in this image, looking at it, this image to me suggests assault, violence, which contrasting to the act of which it was produced, which was spontaneous and playful.
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