Matt Calderwood (born 1975) is a
Northern Ireland
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artist who is most famous for a piece of rope constructed from 50 rolls of toilet paper, which
Charles Saatchi
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bought for a reputed 6,000 Euros.
Calderwood is from
Rasharkin in
County Antrim
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. His work could be defined as sculpture or installation and is characterised by risk taking and purposelessness in tightly and often precariously balanced juxtapositions of objects. In February 2011 Matt Calderwood was commissioned by the music group
The Streets
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to make a video work as part of their musical 'takeover' of ''
The Guardian
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s website.
References
External links
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Grey Area Multiples, Paris, France'
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Opera d'arte, sì o no?: arte come modo di vivere ' (2005)
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Themes in Contemporary Art ' (2004)
1975 births
Artists from County Antrim
Male artists from Northern Ireland
Sculptors from Northern Ireland
Installation artists from Northern Ireland
Contemporary artists from Northern Ireland
Living people
Male sculptors from Northern Ireland
People from Rasharkin
21st-century artists from Northern Ireland
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