Sierra Madre

The pome reads:

To dream of mountains
To dream of snow capped summits
To dream of steep valleys between them
To dream of the clouds below you
To know the beauty and to respect the beast
Ancient views
Distant weathers
Silent dreams

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Biography

Bill Woodrow

Bill Woodrow (b. 1948 Henley-on-Thames, UK) studied at Winchester School of Art and then in London at St. Martin’s School of Art followed by Chelsea College of Art and Design.

As a prominent figure in the New British Sculpture movement, Bill Woodrow came to international prominence in the early 1980s with his cut-out sculptures. Primarily rooted in sculpture, his artistic practice is open and influenced by the use of wide variety of objects and material found on the streets, remnants of our throwaway consumer society. These materials were mainly small domestic appliances and the finished works had the appearance of archeologically excavated objects, poetic, surrealist sculptures. By re-contextualizing these materials, Woodrow’s art has over time acquired an important narrative element. In the late 1980s, he changed the way he worked and began using other materials such as welded steel, bronze, glass and ceramics.

His work is in public collections worldwide including Tate Modern, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa; Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Netherlands; MUDAM, Luxembourg; and City Art Gallery, Auckland. Woodrow represented Britain at the Biennals of Sydney (1982); Paris (1982 and 1985); and São Paulo (1983 and 1991). He was the finalist for the Turner Prize in 1986 and won the Annie Gerber Award, Seattle Museum of Art in 1988. Woodrow was elected a Royal Academician, in the sculpture category in May 2002.