Richard Wentworth: Making Do and Getting By Hardcover – September 27, 2016

by Richard Wentworth (Artist), Hans Ulrich Obrist (Contributor)

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A leading figure in the New British Sculpture movement of the early 1980s, Richard Wentworth (born 1947) uses photography to register chance encounters of oddities and discrepancies in the modern landscape, expanding the possibilities of sculpture into the public realm. Documenting Wentworth’s ongoing series Making Do and Getting By, the book’s 750 images document excess--a creativity beyond functionality, something transformative that lurks beneath the surface intention in acts of ordering and repair. In one image, a car door serves to mend a fence; in another, wooden crates are wedged into a doorway. Wentworth seizes on this rupture between object and intended function, object and meaning. In Making Do and Getting By, Wentworth redefines the art of the human hand with a light and witty touch.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Koenig Books (September 27, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3863358430
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3863358433
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 1 x 11.6 inches

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Lucy Sisman

... is an extraordinary artist and this book is a joy. After you've seen Wentworth's work the world never ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2015

Richard Wentworth is an extraordinary artist and this book is a joy. After you've seen Wentworth's work the world never looks the same — he educates the eyes and sharpens sensitivity — making do and getting by is how we live.