B is for Mutant? Z is for Secret? Bill Woodrow's unique alphabet offers a glimpse into a playful and endlessly inventive artistic mind. Part sketchbook, part riddle, this small clothbound book presents Woodrow's weird and whimsical look at letters that turns the ordinary on its head. One of Britain's foremost sculptors, Woodrow (b. 1948) is best known for his transformations of everyday objects into new forms; like those works, the deceptively simple illustrations in this alphabet unravel the common-place to suggest surprising new meanings. AUTHOR: Bill Woodrow is best known for his 'cut-out' sculptural works. A finalist for the...Read more
B is for Mutant? Z is for Secret? Bill Woodrow's unique alphabet offers a glimpse into a playful and endlessly inventive artistic mind. Part sketchbook, part riddle, this small clothbound book presents Woodrow's weird and whimsical look at letters that turns the ordinary on its head. One of Britain's foremost sculptors, Woodrow (b. 1948) is best known for his transformations of everyday objects into new forms; like those works, the deceptively simple illustrations in this alphabet unravel the common-place to suggest surprising new meanings. AUTHOR: Bill Woodrow is best known for his 'cut-out' sculptural works. A finalist for the Turner Prize in 1986, he was one of three artists chosen to make a sculpture for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2000 and was elected a Royal Academician in 2002. AUTHOR: Bill Woodrow is best known for his 'cut-out' sculptural works. A finalist for the Turner Prize in 1986, he was one of three artists chosen to make a sculpture for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2000 and was elected a Royal Academician in 2002. SELLING POINTS: A fabulously quirky sketchbook that promises to keep you engrossed and entertained Spend hours puzzling over this alphabet's baffling logic 64 colour
- ISBN13 9781907533839
- Publish Date 18 November 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 January 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Royal Academy of Arts
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 64
- Language English