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August 2005: IN A STEEL BOX Filmmaker Vera Freitag has recently completed a documentary exploring Cedric Wentworth's steel and bronze sculpture titled 'In A Steel Box'. In just under 20 minutes, the film attempts to unravel Wentworth's enigmatic process and concepts through interviews, harrowing installation sequences and a few words from the artist himself.
As the film begins, Cedric states his intentions as an artist: "A lot of people don't even know what sculpture is anymore. We all know about Britney Spears and Madonna and Tupac Shakur and Spielberg, but we don't know about sculptors and we don't know about painters, and I'm doing my part to change that." If you would like to find out more about the film please email contact@cedricwentworth.com
MAJOR COMMISSION Wentworth has just been commissioned by a major San Francisco art collector to build an original multi-ton sculpture consisting of bronze figures and steel elements. Completion is set for mid 2006. The design of the piece appears below.
ARTWORKS MAGAZINE ArtWorks Magazine prominently features Cedric in its Fall 2005 edition. Cedric sat down with writer Erin Clark to discuss his paintings, sculptures and the significance of the West Coast art scene. This issue also features interviews with baseball legend Reggie Jackson and actress Annette Bening.
Visit http://www.artworksmagazine.com for more details.
DISCOMPOSITION Discomposition is the name of the monumental sculpture mentioned in the December 2004 posting below. Several funders have come forward to assist in building the 30 foot long behemoth. According to Wentworth, "(Discomposition) is interactive in the traditional sense, inviting the viewer to literally step into the interior of the sculpture and become a part of it. It is mixed-media, fashioned of steel and bronze."
Below are images of the 1/6th scale Discomposition maquette.
January 2005: Crazy About the Crocker: Chief Curator of the Crocker Museum Scott Shields, and collector George Blair, share a laugh behind the Woman with the Outstretched Arm.
Photo by Alvin Johnson
Crocker Museum Installation: The Crocker Museum of Sacramento, CA has acquired Jacob's Ladder, adding the work to its permanent collection. The piece is scheduled to be installed on January 24th, on permanent display on the museum's front lawn. From
the Sacramento Bee, Published on Jan. 25, 2005:
Description and photos by Brian Baer, copywritten by the Sacramento Bee.
December 2004: Plans are beginning for a monumental steel and bronze work that will measure 30' long. This interactive work will be described in greater detail as it develops.
Summer 2004: Cedric Wentworth is exhibiting his large steel sculptures along the waterfront at Jack London Square in Oakland, California. Two of the sculptures weigh 6 tons apiece. One of the sculptures, Jacob's Ladder, consists of two I-beams measuring 20 and 25 feet tall, bolted to a 3 inch thick base plate. 6 bronze figures are attached to the beams. Another sculpture, Cubic Composition, has been acquired by the The Oakland Museum of California and is being moved to the museum from Jack London Square on August 25th. A number of Wentworth’s bronze sculptures are currently being cast at the Monterey Sculpture Center in Marina, California. Images of the work will be posted on the website soon. Update: The John Natsoulas Gallery will be doing a one-man show of Wentworth's sculpture in April 2006. Plans are in the works for a book of Cedric's sculpture to be published by the John Natsoulas Press by the end of 2005.
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