Drawing Room Confessions #11: Richard Wentworth 

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• Other Authors Vincent Honore (Editor), Manuela Ribadeneira (Author)
• Title

  Drawing Room Confessions #11: Richard Wentworth 

• Date 2015
• ISBN 9788867491506
• Publisher Milan, Italy: Mousse Magazine and Publishing
• Description 76 p; 7 in
• Language English
• Collections Permanent Collection, Orit Gat Collection
• Summary
  Richard Wentworth plays the Drawing Room Confessions.
  THE CAST
  
  RICHARD ……………………………….Richard Wentworth
  THE EGOIST …………………………....Dr Donatien Grau
  THE BLIND MAN ……………………....Helen Marten
  TANGO ………………………………....Will Holder
  THE DOUBLE DEALER ………………...Tom Sachs
  
  (...) There's nothing like a good puncture. I drilled through my hand once. I think it was a 3 / 16th bit. It's embarrassing to talk about holes and the language of art is always dressing things up: “apertures” and so on. I love being able to see to the other side and I enjoy the physical challenge. When we had counters, I loved getting behind them. A social skill. Crafting a hole is a distinct pleasure, probably known to gunsmiths as much as locksmiths. How to use a half-round file is leagues away from the water jet and the laser or even the mechanics of the drill bit. Fronts have backs. (...)
  Drawing Room Confessions is a printed journal named after a parlour game played by Marcel Proust, the Surrealists and others. It is made of words and exchanges, with no images. Six different sections (The Egoist, The Blind Man, Two to Tango, Ekphrasis, Time Line and La Madeleine) comprise the Rules of the Game, which are the same in each issue. What changes are the players, or interviewers, who open each round of conversation with the featured artist and who come from a wide range of fields (Les Presses du Réel). 
• Tags Interview, Surrealism, Contemporary art