Franz Erhard Walther

Franz Erhard Walther (born July 22, 1939, in Fulda, Germany) is an interdisciplinary installation and conceptual artist known for his fabric objects and activations.

[3][4][5] Walther began to experiment with ways to actively involve spectators in the production of the work in the late 1950s.

[7] Between 1963 and 1969, he created the First Work Set, which consists of 58 activatable pieces that place the viewer in extraordinary interpersonal situations.

[1] Erhard's work was included in the show Spaces at the Museum of Modern Art in New York alongside that of Larry Bell, Michael Asher, Dan Flavin, Robert Morris, and Pulsa.

[15][16][5] In 2017, Walther was awarded the Golden Lion for the Best Artist in the Central Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.