Arman: Destruction-Creation

Transcripts of recorded conversations with sculptors made between 1989 and 2010. Includes: Arman; Elspeth Barratt; Stuart Brisley; Anthony Caro; John Cobb; Phillip King; John Latham; David Nash; Gloria Ortega; Eduardo Paolozzi; Peter Randall-Page; Yinka Shonibare CBE; James Turrell; Rachel Whiteread; Alison Wilding; Richard Wilson. Cv/VAR 47 documents an interview with the the celebrated sculptor Arman (1928-2005), exploring his early connections with Yves Klein, Rosicrucianism, and the development of auto-formed sculptures of collected objects. Contents include Van Gogh, Iris Clert, Yves Klein, Claud Pascal, Jackson Pollock, Poliakoff, De St?el, Werkmann, garbage works, welded pieces, the orchestral series, gods and goddesses, and biographical data.