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David Kemp obituary

David Kemp, the British artist known for creating fantastical sculptures from discarded junk and industrial detritus, has died at age 80. Kemp lived in Cornwall and transformed rubbish from abandoned tin mines into works that imagined a prehistoric cult, culminating in his "Museum of the Future" (later "Art of Darkness") installed at Botallack Count House. He received 38 public sculpture commissions across the UK between 1982 and 2011, including the colossal "The Old Transformers" in County Durham, "Tinner's Hounds" in Redruth, and works for the Eden Project such as "Garden of Plastic Delights."