The sculpture series Bad people, created at Gmundner Keramik, is characterized by paradoxical depictions of people. Noses, ears, and mouths, taken from the physiognomy of the human face, are recontextualized and become part of figures and inflated faces that embody the all-too-human

Erwin Wurm's ceramic sculptures reveal their immediate genesis, their re-creation from destruction, deformation, and distortion, emphasizing the absurd, gestural expression, physicality, and the creative possibilities of the medium of clay. Ceramics as a means of artistic expression corresponds to Erwin Wurm's performative approach and is once again highly relevant in contemporary art.

At the Gmundner Keramik Manufaktur, Erwin Wurm presents newly developed ceramic works produced on site as part of the Academy of Ceramics Gmunden.