Birke Gorm

Birke Gorm

BornNationalityBased In
1986GermanVienna
Biography

“The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm”, says the woven writing of Birke Gorm’s hanging fabrics made of jute. Gorm works with archaic materials of metal, terracotta, jute or wood, incorporating a range of techniques, such as woodcarving, stitching, writing, and flexing. The artist’s practice explores womanhood and solidarity, expressed in powerful and assuring terms. Her sculptural works depict human-shaped figures made out of found and collected over time terracotta bricks and peebles, with pots and jugs in the place of heads and faces. On their stomachs are fabrics and cushions which carry keychains, nails, bolts, champagne corks, and other accidental objects. Pregnancy is depicted as not a weakening, bed-bounding female destiny, but a moving, fierce power. The common woman can be any woman, and any woman is an empowered force fueling collective solidarity. ...

Selected Artworks
IOU (2)
Birke Gorm
IOU (2), 2017
43 x 8 x 9cm
huswif (AIT)
Birke Gorm
huswif (AIT), 2021
67 x 32 x 13cm
huswif (SEVEN)
Birke Gorm
huswif (SEVEN), 2021
77 x 32 x 10cm
loaf of meat (4246g)
Birke Gorm
loaf of meat (4246g), 2020
55 x 21 x 10cm
move (from the marrow to the bone, from the bone to the muscle, from the muscle to the skin, from the skin to the hair, and from the hair) away from here
Birke Gorm
move (from the marrow to the bone, from the bone to the muscle, from the muscle to the skin, from the skin to the hair, and from the hair) away from here, 2017
100 x 50 x 50cm
ulterior motives (mother hen)
Birke Gorm
ulterior motives (mother hen), 2021
110 x 160cm
ulterior motives (work animal)
Birke Gorm
ulterior motives (work animal), 2021
110 x 170cm
some girls’ mothers are bigger than other girls‘ mothers (03)
Birke Gorm
some girls’ mothers are bigger than other girls‘ mothers (03), 2020
106 x 102cm
some girls’ mothers are bigger than other girls‘ mothers (04)
Birke Gorm
some girls’ mothers are bigger than other girls‘ mothers (04), 2020
105 x 85cm
some girls’ mothers are bigger than other girls‘ mothers (05)
Birke Gorm
some girls’ mothers are bigger than other girls‘ mothers (05), 2020
100 x 92cm
How to do Anything (Laurels)
Birke Gorm
How to do Anything (Laurels), 2018
120 x 100cm
How to do Anything (Soliloquy)
Birke Gorm
How to do Anything (Soliloquy), 2018
120 x 100cm
I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 3 (The Executioner)
Birke Gorm
I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 3 (The Executioner), 2018
200 x 100cm
I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 1 (The Bishop)
Birke Gorm
I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 1 (The Bishop), 2018
200 x 100cm
I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 2 (The Pagan)
Birke Gorm
I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 2 (The Pagan), 2018
200 x 100cm
loaf of meat (3562g)
Birke Gorm
loaf of meat (3562g), 2020
55 x 14 x 10cm
loaf of meat (3989g)
Birke Gorm
loaf of meat (3989g), 2020
52 x 17 x 10cm
loaf of meat (3805g)
Birke Gorm
loaf of meat (3805g), 2020
51 x 17 x 10cm
some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls‘ mothers (02)
Birke Gorm
some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls‘ mothers (02), 2020
100 x 90cm
common crazy I
Birke Gorm
common crazy I, 2020
149 x 167cm
common crazy II
Birke Gorm
common crazy II, 2020
147 x 139cm
ulterior motives (young bird)
Birke Gorm
ulterior motives (young bird), 2021
110 x 150cm
ulterior motives (young
Birke Gorm
ulterior motives (young, 2021
110 x 160cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
41 x 8 x 7cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
63 x 10 x 7cm
huswif (FOWER)
Birke Gorm
huswif (FOWER), 2021
63 x 28 x 8cm
huswif (WON ZERO)
Birke Gorm
huswif (WON ZERO), 2021
66 x 35 x 25cm
huswif (WUN)
Birke Gorm
huswif (WUN), 2021
70 x 28 x 8cm
huswif (TREE)
Birke Gorm
huswif (TREE), 2021
77 x 32 x 10cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
68 x 10 x 9cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
50 x 12 x 9cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
75 x 12 x 9cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
33 x 11 x 8cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
50 x 10 x 6cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
33 x 11 x 8cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
65 x 10 x 8cm
IOU
Birke Gorm
IOU, 2021
31 x 10 x 7cm
sit-up & composure (1)
Birke Gorm
sit-up & composure (1), 2024
225 x 47 x 15cm
Gallery Representation
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