Urs Fischer's participatory sculpture 'Bliss' at Galleria in Rome
Urs Fischer presents 'Bliss', a nearly three-meter-tall female herm made of white plasticine, installed on a pedestal inside a former church now used as a gallery in Rome. Visitors are invited to climb onto the pedestal and actively reshape the sculpture by pulling off pieces, reattaching them elsewhere, or digging into its surface to reveal psychedelic colors beneath. The work is not a finished object but an ongoing process of creation and destruction, with each viewer becoming a co-author. Fischer, born in Zurich in 1973, transforms the gallery space into a site of collective experience where the artwork continuously evolves.
Key facts
- Urs Fischer created 'Bliss', a nearly three-meter-tall female herm made of white plasticine.
- The sculpture is installed on a pedestal inside a former church that now serves as a gallery in Rome.
- Visitors can climb onto the pedestal and physically modify the sculpture.
- The work allows viewers to pull off pieces, reattach them elsewhere, and dig into the surface.
- Digging into the plasticine reveals psychedelic colors beneath.
- The artwork is not finished but continuously created and destroyed through audience participation.
- Urs Fischer was born in Zurich in 1973.
- The exhibition transforms the gallery into a site of collective experience.
Entities
Artists
- Urs Fischer
Institutions
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Zurich
- Switzerland