in this program, british sculptor conrad shawcross. ♪ >> british artist conrad shawcross has never beend to think big. as proven by his latest astounding project at britain's royal academy. in the past decade he has had the most meteoric career in british contemporary arts, and he is now the youngest member of the royal academy. about: the good thing being an artist is you can mix things up. put a bit of philosophy, a bit of maths. >> embracing ideas from geometry to philosophy, physics and metaphysics, he creates works that are filled with paradox and poetry. youad: you can't -- >> can't talk about conrad shawcross at the moment without framing everything in terms of youthful prodigy. >> i see conrad as sort of a leonardo da vinci of our time. understood how things were made, things were operated, the mechanization of things. >> i think of him in terms of extraordinary mathematical structure, on which this wonderful sort of poetically or lyricismngs -- poetic hangs. unites a torrent of ideas about things that spill over what are conventionally the confines of art. fearless, and he has

in this program, british sculptor conrad shawcross. ♪

in this program, british sculptor conrad shawcross. ♪

in this program, british sculptor conrad shawcross. ♪