This short documentary is about Cedric Wentworth, a sculpture artist who’s contemporary fine art work can rival any popular media art form. The film shows the process of Cedric’s work as well as the people involved in his art. It also shows how a classical art form can represent today’s society, how caged we are in our life. The film explores the contrast between those classical soft steel figures based on abstract plates, or caged in industrial looking steel boxes. It also represents people’s opinions on what they think when they see those sculptures and how attracted, shocked and moved they react to those sculptures.
The fact that pop art has a much easier task for success because of it’s exposure, based on it’s media access, contrasts with the fact that fine art is limited to be seen in galleries and museums. Why does Cedric’s art matter? Can he make his work be relevant to people who often aren’t used to look at art? Cedric decides to take his art out into the nature and have it shown in unusual locations like a shopping mal in Fresno. The film is entirely shot in Northern California, mainly the Bay Area, on different formats like MiniDV and 16mm. It features people from San Francisco, Oakland, Berkley, Fresno, and Carmel.
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