Richard Wentworth
VISUAL PERSUASION
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Nov 2 - Mar 3, 2024
Richard Wentworth
Richard Wentworth (1947, Samoa) has played a leading role in New British Sculpture since the end of the 1970s. 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 as well as photography. 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. The sculptural arrangements play with the notion of ready-made and juxtaposition of objects that bear no relation to each other. Whereas in photography, as in the ongoing series ‘Making Do and Getting By’, Wentworth documents the everyday, paying attention to objects, occasional and involuntary geometries as well as uncanny situations that often go unnoticed.
Selected Works
Curtilage
2017
Razor wire, soldered galvanized cable, steel pipe, and steel brackets
22 x 120 x 15 cm (8 21⁄32 x 47 1⁄4 x 5 29⁄32 inches)
Linctus
2018
Concrete lintel, bottle glass
56 x 11 x 21.5 cm (22 1⁄16 x 4 11⁄32 x 8 15⁄32 inches)
Dunce (Contra la pared)
2019
Chair
89 x 56 x 56 cm (35 1⁄32 x 22 1⁄16 x 22 1⁄16 inches)
Echo chamber
2019
Glass pitcher, book, steel pipe
30 x 33 x 25 cm (11 13⁄16 x 13 x 9 27⁄32 inches)
Lung
2019
Concrete lintel, book and assorted materials
60 x 35 x 40 cm (23 5⁄8 x 13 25⁄32 x 15 3⁄4 inches)
Moiré
2019
Book, glass, wire mesh
12 x 75 x 32 cm (4 23⁄32 x 29 17⁄32 x 12 19⁄32 inches)
Why Width argues with Height
2020
Soldered galvanized cable and steel pins
Variable dimensions
Untitled
Circa 1974-1981 (printed 2017)
Photography
40 x 28 cm (15 3⁄4 x 11 1⁄32 inches)
Untitled
Circa 1974-1981 (printed 2017)
Photography
40 x 28 cm (15 3⁄4 x 11 1⁄32 inches)
Untitled
Circa 1974-1981 (printed 2017)
Photography
40 x 28 cm (15 3⁄4 x 11 1⁄32 inches)News
Exhibitions
Lecciones Aprendidas
MadridSep 12 - Nov 09, 2019
Richard Wentworth’s interest in transforming the world lies in the simple fact of knowing that the world has already been built and transformed by others.
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Paying a visit
BarcelonaSep 30 - Dec 22, 2017
Departing from memories and random encounters in his archive, Wentworth proposes a project based on research and distance.
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