Matt Calderwood (born 1975) is a

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artist who is most famous for a piece of rope constructed from 50 rolls of toilet paper, which

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bought for a reputed 6,000 Euros. Calderwood is from

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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

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to make a video work as part of their musical 'takeover' of ''

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Grey Area Multiples, Paris, France
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Opera d'arte, sì o no?: arte come modo di vivere
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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 {{UK-sculptor-stub