Richard Wentworth
Artist Cv
Richard Wentworth has played a leading role in New British Sculpture since the end of the 70s. His work, encircling the notion of objects and their use as part of our day-to-day experiences, has altered the traditional definition of sculpture. By transforming and manipulating industrial and/or found objects into works of art, Wentworth subverts their original function and extends our understanding of them by breaking the conventional system of classification. These sculptural arrangements and assisted ready-mades play with the juxtaposition of objects that bear no relation to each other, as well as with a range of materials taken out of their original contexts.
Richard Wentworth lives and works in London
Artist Contact
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Artist News
Folkestone Triennial
Folkestone, UK
14 June - 14 September 2008
Folkestone Triennial
Darwin's Canopy
Natural History Museum, London
4 June - 14 September 2008
Natural History Museum
Localisms
Museum De Paviljoens
Almere, Netherlands
12 April - 19 October 2008
Museum De Paviljoens
Safe as Houses
Karsten Schubert Gallery, London
23 July – 17 October 2008
Uncommon Sense (Richard Wentworth, Rebecca Baron and Tom Sachs)
Fort Worth Contemporary Arts
Fort Worth, TX, USA
29 August - 12 October 2008
Making Do and Getting By
Tate Britain, London
permanent collection display
Tate Britain
Artist Press
The Prehistoric SmileRichard Wentworth, Mark Lythgoe. November 2004
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'So Much Depends'
An Introduction to the Art of Richard Wentworth by Michael Bracewell
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Artist Exhibitions
Richard Wentworth September 8 - October 8, 2005View Exhibition
Richard Wentworth November 2 - December 4, 1999
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Richard Wentworth March 25 - April 22, 1995
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Richard Wentworth June 5 - July 1, 1989
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20th Anniversary Exhibition July 23 - September 19, 1987
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Richard Wentworth June 9 - July 12, 1986
Richard Wentworth, Allan McCollum June 27 - July 21, 1984
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Artist Images
Caledonian Road, London, 2007 Unique colour photograph 29.7 x 42 cm
South West France, 2007 Unique colour photograph 29.7 x 42 cm
South West France, 2007 Unique colour photograph 29.7 x 42 cm
South West France, 2007 Unique colour photograph 29.7 x 42 cm
Mode - module - modular, 2004 Wood and steel coat hook 47.5 x 50 x 35 cm
Time and Place, 2004 Book and watches Book 11 x 39 x 15cm, plinth 119 x 50 x 50 cm
Mirror, Mirror, 2003 Galvanised steel, laminated glass and assorted dictionaries Dimensions variable
Fort (For Marie Antoinette), 2001 Galvanised steel 400 x 275 cm
London 1994. Making do and getting by, 1999 Unique photographic print 43.5 x 51 cm
Roland Barthes' Desk, 1997 Wood, aluminium, laminate & nails 79 x 90 x 170 cm
False Ceiling, 1995 Books and steel cable Dimensions variable
English Sandwich, 1988 Glass, wood, felt and looking glass 60 x 40 x 30 cm
Walking Stick, 1987 Wood and glass 47 x 7 cm