“Ričd Wŭdz hz bilt an inṭnašnl repytešn fr hiz sigṇčr ācitcčṛl trnsfmešnz, pêntñz n sculpčr, ɖt fold ɖ histri v ɖ decṛtv āts, funẋnl dzîn n grafic lanĝj intu intoxicetñli witi plez wɖ imij n srfis.

Hiz ācitcčṛl intvnšnz r čīfli cnsrnd wɖ ɖ rsrfisñ v xistñ strucčrz, pṛpozñ an absrd twist on ɖ cult v hômimpruvmnt n DIY isʈetcs.

Fr Čaptr, Wŭdz hz crietd Incloẓ̌racts, a ny wrc ɖt z inspîrd bʈ bî ɖ histri v ɖ bildñ – saitd az it z on a fwmr catlmākit – n bî ɖ Acts (1604-1914) ɖt radicli trnsfwmd ôpn fīldz n comn land in ɖ cuntrīsîd.

Wōl-bêst wrcs refṛns ɖ sbrbn in a siriz v moṇprints. Bêst on hād-ejd rendišnz v Moc Tydr dec̣rešn, ɖ pêntñz r Sbrbia mīts Nio Jio — ɖ past md fyčr.

In ɖ Cafi Bar, Wŭdz’ wrcs Bd Brics r bytifli simpl sculpčrz md fṛm wŭd n rzmblñ cātūnbrics. Ɖer vî­bṛnt culrz, brît ẇît mwtr n ʈic blac ejz ofr a joys seḷbrešn v ɖ most munden v bildñ mtirı̣lz.

Bîogṛfi

Ričd Wŭdz wz born in 1966 in Češr, YC n wz edycetd at Winčestr Scūl v Āt n Slêd Scūl v Fîn Āt. H livz n wrcs in Lundn.

In Ōtm 2014 Čaptr c̣laḅretd wɖ Wŭdz t pṛdys Cādif Rībild, a wrc in ɖ grândz v Cādif Casl az pāt v Cādif Cntmprri. Wŭdz hz xibitd xtnsvli inṭnašnli n significnt rīsnt projcts includ: mêjr cmišnz at ɖ Ynivrsti v Baʈ (2014); A Mêz fr Ywcšr, Wêcfīld (2013); Public Āt Fund n Līvr Hâs, Ny Ywc (2010) n c̣laḅrešnz on a wîd renj v frničr wɖ Istablišt n Sunz. Wŭdz hz wrc in mêjr c̣lẋnz inṭnašnli includñ Ɖ Sači C̣lẋn, Lundn; Franc Cown C̣lẋn, Mančestr/Wlvhamtn n Jūmex C̣lẋn, Mexico.

H z rpṛzntd bî Wrcs │ Projcts.”

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26/05/2015