The Art Of Nature:
Andy Goldsworthy
Date
Biography
British artist
Born in 1956 in Cheshire, England
Raised in Yorkshire, England
Attended
Bradford Art College 1974-1975
Lancaster Art College 1975-1978
(Bachelor Of Arts)
Currently resides in Scotland
Artwork
Sculptor, photographer, environmentalist
Found materials
Sometimes uses tools
Site specific/land art
Temporary/Permanent
Captures the final piece with photographs
Admits to difficulties with working with nature
and moves forward
Red leaves
on cracked
earth
Stones
dipped in
water/then
frozen to
quarry
face/made
over 3
days/place
untouched by
the sun in
winter
Blades of
grass dipped
in water and
laid on a
dead elm tree
Torn lines
through elm
leaves held
to stone
with water
Bright sunny
morning, frozen
snow, cut slab,
scraped snow
away with a stick,
just short of
breaking through
Slate arch made over two days, fourth attempt
“Rivers and Tides”
Cairns:
Stone
structures
that are
supported
by their
own weight
Quote
“My art is an attempt to reach
beyond the surface appearance. I
want to see growth in wood, time
in stone, nature in a city, and I do
not mean its parks but a deeper
understanding that a city is nature
too-the ground upon which it is
built, the stone with which it is
made.”