Richard Woods
A house upside down
2023 The State We're In
Richard Woods
Medium:
Digital and Printed billboards
Displayed:
UK-wide, January - February 2023
Artwork Description:
There’s something wrong in my street,
What’s happened I can only guess?.
The houses used to be all neat and tidy,
Now things are all a mess.
Artist's Comment:
There’s something wrong in my street...
Bio:
Richard Woods is a British artist. He graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art, London in 1990, where he trained as a sculptor. Woods is well known for his architectural installations and resurfacing of structures that propose an absurd twist on the cult of home improvement and DIY aesthetics. His works are characterised by cartoon-like decorative surfaces, bold patterns and vibrant colours.
Woods completed a major architectural commission in South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang and he built a collection of cartoon holiday homes for the Folkestone Triennial in 2017. More recently he installed 90,000 sq feet architectural proposal at Houghton Hall in Norfolk and in 2021 he submerged a 1/1 scale house in the River Skell at Fountains Abbey.
His works are held in major collections including the Saatchi Collection, London; Arts Council England, London; Victoria and Albert Museum; London; British Museum, London and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Richard Woods lives and works in London.
Curator's Comment:
The symbol of the home, a storybook house, tipped over, the contents in disarray. Some hold anchor while others are upended, a domino topple of domestic distress.
