House on a Museum.

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Pictures, Travel & Places on October 25, 2006 at 12:55 am


That "house" on the roof of the Viennese Museum of Modern Art is actually an exhibition, titled "House-Attack" by Erwin Wurm:

The art project, entitled House-Attack by top local sculptor Erwin Wurm, is supposed to look as if the house has fallen out of the sky and landed on the famous museum in the centre of the Austrian capital.

It actually took two cranes to put the huge sculpture into place, which is complete with a red roof, window boxes and a TV antenna.

The artist said his work was a statement against over-development.

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6 comments to "House on a Museum."

  1. Viridiana
    October 25th, 2006 at 1:38 am

    These photos are really Funny, I like it a lot your Blog.

    Greetings from Mexico

  2. pld
    October 25th, 2006 at 2:59 am

    Why does everything have to be a statement; I mean it’s just cool to put a house backwards on another house … and *cool* is reason enough.

  3. ImNoMrNiceGuy
    October 25th, 2006 at 4:10 am

    “*neat* is reason enough”*

  4. Miss Cellania
    October 25th, 2006 at 4:19 am

    I’m reminded of Dorothy’s house, after the cyclone picked it up.

  5. ted
    October 25th, 2006 at 9:31 am

    If it’s not a “statement”, it’s not art, apparently.
    It’s part of the whole artsy ideal spawned out of the 60’s protest mentality. It’s a marketing ploy to appeal to the rebel instinct in people. Kind of like making boomers feel young by playing Mick Jagger music in a commercial.

    Perhaps somebody should make a statement against overstatement in art.

  6. Alex
    October 25th, 2006 at 10:59 am

    Art without statement is just dada.


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