Folkestone Triennial

Richard Wentworth

Title: Racinated
Location: various - see site map

Wentworth has developed a series of ten text signs, similar to the deep blue enamel street signs found in France and Germany. Yet instead of street names, these signs display information about 'non-native' trees:trees that were originally introduced to the UK from other countries. Situated at one of the closest points to mainland Europe. Folkestone has always been a shelter for immigrants. Wentworth's signs act as a metaphor for the immigrant population who have made a home in Folkestone or elsewhere in the UK.

Translated text about each of the artworks into French, Turkish and Slovak can be found on the events page or from the visitor centre

Richard's Biography

Born Samoa, 1947. Lives and works in London.

Richard Wentworth has played a leading role in New British Sculpture since the end of the 70s. His work focusing on objects and their role in our daily lives has radically altered the traditional definition of sculpture. His work reveals a spontaneous and surprising urban reality.

Recent solo shows include

Pharos Centre for Contemporary Art – Cyprus 2006
Lisson Gallery – London 2005
Tate Liverpool 2005
Glad that things don’t talk, Irish Museum of Modern Art– Dublin 2003

Recent group exhibitions include

It Starts From Here, De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill 2007
Global Cities, Tate Modern – London 2007
Out of Place, New Art Gallery – Walsall 2006
Sao Paulo Biennale – Brazil 2004.

He was awarded the DAAD Fellowship in 1993 and in 2002 was made Master of the Ruskin school of Drawing and Fine Art.

See Richard Wentworth's work
www.lisson.co.uk