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B. Wurtz

Commercial objects take on a life of their own in B. Wurtz's work, assemblages made of found objects that come to resemble forms other than their own.  In the world of Wurtz, a folded paper bag can become a human torso, for example.  Wurtz examines the intersection between expensive materials and the experience of art, and between materialism and natural forms, in his sculptures that revive Dadaist and Fluxus styles.  In 2011, Wurtz had an important retrospective at Metro Pictures that spanned 31 years-worth of work.

Born 1948
Hometown Pasadena, CA
Lives and Works New York, NY
Education
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 1980
BA, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1970

B. Wurtz Gallery Art

Galleries

Office Baroque

Representing Galleries

Feature Inc., New York, NY

Metro Pictures, New York, NY

SHOWS

Kate MacGarry

London
Jun 01 2019 - Jul 13 2019

B. Wurtz

Adam Baumgold Gallery

New York
Jun 28 2016 - Aug 12 2016

In a Series

Office Baroque

Brussels
Jun 04 2016 - Jul 16 2016

B. Wurtz

Metro Pictures

New York
Feb 21 2016 - Mar 20 2016

B. Wurtz

Fredericks & Freiser

New York
Jan 21 2016 - Feb 20 2016

Strange Abstraction
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Articles

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