Thursday, 13 February 2014

Bill Woodrow

Started out making sculptures from junk - cutting shapes out of the skins of things like twin-tub washing machines and car doors to create witty sort of connections.

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/woodrow-twin-tub-with-guitar-t03354

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/woodrow-elephant-t07169

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bill-woodrow-2170

Moved on to welded steel and bronze, and I get the impression his star has waned.

Only a stub on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Woodrow

The Daily Telegraph's Alastair Sooke thinks Woodrow's lost his way:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/10424903/Bill-Woodrow-RA-Burlington-Gardens-Royal-Academy-of-Arts-review.html

Woodrow was one of the subjects for the BBC's "Five Sculptors" series but there's only four sculptors listed in its archives - Richard Wentworth (another name for my little list),  Antony Gormley, Alison Wilding and Anish Kapoor:  Looks like Woodrow's been dropped!

Hard to navigate personal website:
http://billwoodrow.com

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