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Wareham has been using recycled steel as the primary source for his sculpture, but he goes far beyond what most artists do with recycled materials these days. It is the "pre-used history that the material inherently holds", he says, that inspires him. "These worn-out metal things will continue to have a life by gathering, refocusing and rejoining into a collective other life".Notes
Wareham (b. 1943) MFA graduated from Univeristy of California, Berkeley, in 1971. Was a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts in 1974 and the Eisner Prize for sculpture at UC Berkeley in 1968 and 1969. In 1999, he was awarded an artist residency at Djerassi. He was an assistant to Peter Volkos for five years and Mark Di Suvero for six. His other influences can be traced to Anthony Caro and David Smith.