Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Sculpture so Different, so Appealing? - ACE138.5

Photographs of factory, aeroplane, Northern Ireland, etc., intercut with work by Bill Woodrow, sculptor. Woodrow talking about images of violence, with particular reference to his piece, Two Blue Car Doors (1981) which combines the doors with a machine gun. Another work, Car Door, Armchair and Incident (1981). Woodrow commenting on how much violence is reported by the media against how much he’s personally aware of. Grab removing scrap metal and other rubbish from a tip. Pile of wrecked cars. More scrap. VO talking about contemporary sculpture reflecting disillusionment with ideas and objects from the 1960s, now discarded. Scrap metal construction by Woodrow. He talks about the ready availability of scrap as opposed to that of more traditional materials. Some of the collection of found items in his studio. More of his sculptures.