Ceci n'est pas un Parkplatz

June 22, 2015 9:26 AM

Erwin Wurm just received a parking ticket in the city of Karlsruhe. Nothing to write home about, except for the fact that the offending object was one of his artworks. Austrian artist Erwin Wurm has become famous for bending, inflating and twisting cars, trucks and camper-vans in the name of art.
posted by Too-Ticky (5 comments total)

Some more car sculptures by Erwin Wurm can be seen here.
posted by Too-Ticky at 9:48 AM on June 22, 2015 [1 favorite]

What's the old joke?

Heaven is where the police are British, the lovers French, the mechanics German, the chefs Italian, and it is all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is where the police are German, the lovers Swiss, the mechanics French, the chefs British, and it is all organized by the Italians.

posted by Atom Eyes at 9:50 AM on June 22, 2015 [3 favorites]

I love this title. That is all.
posted by Navelgazer at 10:11 AM on June 22, 2015 [1 favorite]

I think the traffic warden who issued that ticket is just showing a sense of humor there.
posted by sour cream at 10:47 AM on June 23, 2015

Here's hoping this might inspire another music video, RHCP (previously) or otherwise.
posted by progosk at 11:16 PM on June 23, 2015