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Andy Goldsworthy

British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist (born )

Andy Goldsworthy

OBE

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Born () 25 July (age&#;68)

Cheshire, England

Known&#;forSculpture, photography
MovementEnvironmental art, land art
SpouseJudith Gregson (divorced)
PartnerTina Fiske
Children4

Andy GoldsworthyOBE (born 25 July ) is an English sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural and urban settings.

Early life

Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire on 25 July , the son of Muriel (née Stanger) and F. Allin Goldsworthy (–), a former professor of applied mathematics at the University of Leeds.[1][2] He grew up on the Harrogate side of Leeds. From the age of 13, he worked on farms as a labourer.

He has likened the repetitive quality of farm tasks to the routine of making sculpture: "A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it."[3] He studied fine art at Bradford College of Art from to and at Preston Polytechnic (now the University of Central Lancashire) from to ,[1] receiving his BA from the latter.[citation needed]

Career

History

After leaving college, Goldsworthy lived in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cumbria.[4] He moved to Scotland in , first living in Langholm and then settling a year later in Penpont, where he still resides.

It has been said that his gradual drift northwards was "due to a way of life over which he did not have complete control", but that contributing factors were opportunities and desires to work in these areas and "reasons of economy".[4]

In , Goldsworthy received an honorary degree from the University of Bradford.

He was an A.D. White Professor-At-Large in Sculpture at Cornell University – and –[5]

In ,[6] Goldsworthy produced a commissioned work for the entry courtyard of San Francisco's de Young Museum called "Drawn Stone", which echoes San Francisco's frequent earthquakes and their effects. His installation included a giant crack in the pavement that broke off into smaller cracks, and broken limestone, which could be used for benches.

The smaller cracks were made with a hammer adding unpredictability to the work as he created it.[7]

Art process

The materials used in Goldsworthy's art often include brightly coloured flowers, icicles, leaves, mud, pinecones, snow, stone, twigs, and thorns. He has been quoted as saying, "I think it's incredibly brave to be working with flowers and leaves and petals.

But I have to: I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole."[8]

Rather than interfering in natural processes, his work magnifies existing ones through deliberately minimal intervention in the landscape. Goldsworthy has said "I am reluctant to carve into or break off solid living rockI feel a difference between large, deep rooted stones and the debris lying at the foot of a cliff, pebbles on a beachThese are loose and unsettled, as if on a journey, and I can work with them in ways I couldn't with a long resting stone."[9] Goldsworthy's commitment to working with available natural materials injects an inherent scarcity and contingency into the work.[10]

In contrast to other artists who work with the land, most of Goldsworthy's works are small in scale and temporary in their installation.[9] For these ephemeral works, Goldsworthy often uses only his bare hands, teeth, and found tools to prepare and arrange the materials.

His process reveals a preoccupation with temporality and a specific attention to materials which visibly age and decay, a view which stands in contrast to monumentalism in Land Art.[11]

For his permanent sculptures like "Roof", "Stone River" and "Three Cairns", "Moonlit Path" (Petworth, West Sussex, ) and "Chalk Stones" in the South Downs, near West Dean, West Sussex he has employed the use of machine tools.

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To create "Roof", Goldsworthy worked with his assistant and five British dry-stone wallers, who were used to make sure the structure could withstand time and nature.

Goldsworthy is generally considered the founder of modern rock balancing.

Photography

Photography plays a crucial role in his art due to its often ephemeral and transient state.

Photographs (made primarily by Goldsworthy himself) of site-specific, environmental works allow them to be shared without severing important ties to place.[12] According to Goldsworthy, "Each work grows, stays, decays – integral parts of a cycle which the photograph shows at its heights, marking the moment when the work is most alive.

There is an intensity about a work at its peak that I hope is expressed in the image. Process and decay are implicit."[13]

Photography aids Goldsworthy in understanding his works, as much as in communicating them to an audience. He has said, "Photography is my way of talking, writing and thinking about my art. It makes me aware of connections and developments that might have not otherwise have been apparent.

It is the visual evidence which runs through my art as a whole and gives me a broader, more distant view of what I am doing."[10]

Documentary films on Goldsworthy

Goldsworthy is the subject of a documentary feature film called Rivers and Tides, directed by German director Thomas Riedelsheimer.[14] In , Riedelsheimer released a second documentary on Goldsworthy titled Leaning Into the Wind.[15]

Personal life

In , Goldsworthy married Judith Gregson; they had four children together before separating.

He now lives in the Scottish village of Penpont with his girlfriend, Tina Fiske, an art historian.[3]

Awards

Exhibitions and installations

Image Dates Title Location
– Sapsucker Cairn[16]Ithaca, New York, USA
– SheepfoldsCumbria, England, UK
Stone House[17]Herring Island, Victoria, Australia
Cairn[17]Herring Island, Victoria, Australia
Hutton RoofNational Museum of Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

22 May –
15 November 		Andy Goldsworthy at Storm King Art Center[18]
(featuring the installation Storm King Wall) 		Storm King Art Center

Mountainville, Cornwall, New York, USA

August Stone River[19]Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

Stanford, California, USA

Andy Goldsworthy Arch at Goodwood[20]Cass Sculpture Foundation

Goodwood, West Sussex, England, UK

Chalk Stones TrailSouth Downs near West Dean, West Sussex
Three Cairns[21]Des Moines Art Center

Des Moines, IA USA

4 May –
31 October 		Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof[22]

(featuring the installation Stone Houses)

Iris and B.

Gerald CantorMetropolitan Museum of Art Roof Garden

New York City, USA

Andy Goldsworthy: Early Works

A national touring exhibition from the Haywood Gallery[23]

England, United Kingdom
Drawn Stone[citation needed]M.

H. de Young Memorial Museum

San Francisco

Arches[24]Gibbs Farm
New Zealand
22 January –
15 May 		The Andy Goldsworthy Project[25]

(including the installation Roof)[26]

National Gallery of Art

National Mall, Washington, D.C., USA

Red sandstone wall at the Doerr-Hosier Center[27]Aspen Institute

Aspen, Colorado, USA

31 March –
6 January 		Hanging Trees[28]Yorkshire Sculpture Park

West Bretton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK

– Clay Houses (Boulder-Room-Holes)[29]Glenstone

Potomac, Maryland, USA

October Spire[30]Park Presidio
San Francisco
June Refuge d'Art Hiking Trail, Provence, France[31]Provence
France
Wood Line[32]Park Presidio
San Francisco
7 September –
2 November 		Domo de Argila / Clay Dome[33][34]Cais do Porto

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tree Fall[35]Park Presidio
San Francisco
Earth Wall[36]Park Presidio
San Francisco
Walking Wall[37][38]Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Missouri

Publications

  • Andy Goldsworthy ().

    Andy goldsworthy biography book 2015 Andy Goldsworthy books explore his life as an artist in addition to highlighting some of the most pivotal and significant works that he has created throughout his life. The latest of Andy Goldsworthy books, published in , is titled Andy Goldsworthy: Ephemeral Works: , which explores his creative process and features around of.

    Rain, Sun, Snow, Hail, Mist, Calm: Photoworks by Andy Goldsworthy. Leeds: Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture. ISBN&#;.

  • Andy Goldsworthy (). Parkland. [Yorkshire]: Yorkshire Sculpture Park. ISBN&#;.
  • Andy Goldsworthy (). Touching North. London: Fabian Carlsson.

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  • Andy Goldsworthy (). Leaves. London: Common Ground. ISBN&#;.
  • Andy Goldsworth (). Andy Goldsworthy. London: Viking. ISBN&#;. Republished as Andy Goldsworthy (). Andy Goldsworthy&#;: A Collaboration with Nature. New York, N.Y.: H. N. Abrams. ISBN&#;.
  • Andy Goldsworthy ().

    Ice and Snow Drawings&#;: –. Edinburgh: FruitMarket Gallery.

    Andy goldsworthy biography book 2015 free

    The latest of Andy Goldsworthy books, published in , is titled Andy Goldsworthy: Ephemeral Works: , which explores his creative process and features around of his chosen artworks.

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  • Goldsworthy, Andy; Friedman, Terry (). Hand to Earth&#;: Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture, –. New York, N.Y.: H. N. Abrams. ISBN&#;.
  • Andy Goldsworthy (). Stone. London: Viking. ISBN&#;.
  • Goldsworthy, Andy; Chettle, Steve; Nesbitt, Paul; Humphries, Andrew (). Sheepfolds.

    London: Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd.

  • Andy Goldsworthy (). Wood. Introduction by Terry Friedman. London: Viking. ISBN&#;.
  • Goldsworthy, Andy; Craig, David (). Arch. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN&#;.
  • Andy Goldsworthy. Chronology by Terry Friedman ().

    Time. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN&#;.

  • Goldsworthy, Andy; Thompson, Jerry L.; Storm King Art Center (). Wall at Storm King. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN&#;.
  • Andy Goldsworthy. Introduction by Judith Collins (). Midsummer Snowballs. London: Thames & Hudson.

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  • Andy Goldsworthy (). Andy Goldsworthy&#;: Refuges D'Art. Lyon; Digne, France: Editions Artha; Musée départemental de Digne. ISBN&#;.
  • Andy Goldsworthy (). Passage. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN&#;.
  • Andy Goldsworthy (). Enclosure.

    London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN&#;.

  • Goldsworthy, Andy (). Andy Goldsworthy: Ephemeral Works: –. New York: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN&#;.

See also

References

  1. ^ abStonard, John Paul (10 December ).

    "Goldsworthy, Andy". Grove Art OnlineArchived 21 August at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 15 May

  2. ^"Andy Goldsworthy Biography". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Retrieved 27 October
  3. ^ abcAdams, Tim (11 March ). "Natural talent".

    The Observer. London.

  4. ^ ab"Andy Goldsworthy". Cass Sculpture Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 March Retrieved 31 January
  5. ^"All Professors at Large to June 30, ". Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large. Cornell University.

    Retrieved 19 February

  6. ^"Andy Goldsworthy: "Drawn Stone," ". de Young. 22 March
  7. ^Douglas, Sarah (24 October ). "In Their Words: James Turrell and Andy Goldsworthy". ARTINFO. Retrieved 16 April
  8. ^Sooke, Alastair (24 March ). "He's got the whole world in his hands".

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    12. The Daily Telegraph. London.

  12. ^ abHatley, James D. (). "Techne and Phusis: Wilderness and the Aesthetics of the Trace in Andrew Goldsworthy". Environmental Philosophy. 2 (2): 6– doi/envirophil JSTOR&#;
  13. ^ abDe Warren, Nicolas ().

    "Off the Beaten Path: The Artworks of Andrew Goldsworthy". Environmental Philosophy. 4 (1&2) (Special Issue: Environmental Aesthetics and Ecological Restoration&#;ed.): 29– doi/envirophil/ JSTOR&#;

  14. ^Matless, David; Revill, George (). "A Solo Ecology: The Erratic Art of Andy Goldsworthy".

    Ecumene. 2 (4): – doi/ JSTOR&#; S2CID&#;

  15. ^Fawcett, Laughlin (). "The Geometrician". Landscape Architecture Magazine. pp.&#;46–51, JSTOR&#; Retrieved 20 February
  16. ^"Andy Goldsworthy: Art of nature". ninemsn. 19 February Archived from the original on 16 October Retrieved 18 June
  17. ^"Rivers and Tides".

    IMDb. Retrieved 26 September

  18. ^Ide, Wendy (12 August ). "Leaning into the Wind review – more travels with Andy Goldsworthy". The Observer. ISSN&#; Retrieved 7 September
  19. ^"Sapsucker Cairn". Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 November
  20. ^ ab"Artworks of Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park".

    Herring Island. Retrieved 19 February

  21. ^"Andy Goldsworthy at Storm King Art Center". Storm King Art Center. Archived from the original on 29 September Retrieved 24 June
  22. ^"Andy Goldsworthy sculpture, Stone River, enters Stanford University's outdoor art collection".

    Andy goldsworthy artist: Follow Andrew Goldsworthy and explore their bibliography from 's Andrew Goldsworthy Author Page.

    Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. 4 September Archived from the original on 21 August Retrieved 10 February

  23. ^"Andy Goldsworthy: Arch at Goodwood, ". Cass Sculpture Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 February Retrieved 30 January
  24. ^"Three Cairns". Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation.

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  30. ^"Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 24 June
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    . 20 September

  32. ^"Andy Goldsworthy, Arches - Gibbs Farm". . Retrieved 12 March
  33. ^"The Andy Goldsworthy Project&#;: 22 January – 15 May ". National Gallery of Art. Archived from the original on 26 June Retrieved 24 June
  34. ^"Andy Goldsworthy&#;: Roof".

    National Gallery of Art. Archived from the original on 13 July Retrieved 24 June

  35. ^Oksenhorn, Stewart (23 September ). "A Wall of Integration, Not Division". Aspen Times Weekly. Archived from the original on 30 August Retrieved 16 October
  36. ^Calton, Gary (photographer) (11 March ).

    "Andy Goldsworthy at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park".

    Andy goldsworthy biography book 2015 pdf Online shopping from a great selection at Books Store. by Andy Goldsworthy | Oct 13, out of 5 stars. Hardcover. Enclosure. by Andy Goldsworthy | Dec.

    The Observer. London. Archived from the original on 14 November Retrieved 11 March "Andy Goldsworthy". Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Archived from the original on 18 June Retrieved 26 January

  37. ^"Andy Goldsworthy". Glenstone. Retrieved 17 March
  38. ^"Spire, by Andy Goldsworthy".

    The Presidio Trust. Archived from the original on 12 May Retrieved 22 July

  39. ^"Provence art trail, by Andy Goldsworthy". The Guardian. London. 19 June Archived from the original on 23 July Retrieved 31 August
  40. ^"Andy Goldsworthy's Wood Line". The Presidio Trust.

    Retrieved 1 May

  41. ^"OiR Final release"(PDF). Oi Futuro Public Art Program. Archived from the original(PDF) on 12 September Retrieved 25 September
  42. ^"Andy Goldsworthy – Domo de Argila Legendado – YouTube". Oi Futuro Public Art Program. 19 September Retrieved 25 September
  43. ^"Andy Goldsworthy's Earth Wall".

    The Presidio Trust. Retrieved 1 May

  44. ^"Andy Goldsworthy's Tree Fall". The Presidio Trust. Retrieved 1 May
  45. ^Mark Gardiner (23 October ). "This Wall Was Made For Walking". The New York Times.
  46. ^"Walking Wall". Retrieved 29 December

Further information

Articles:

Books:

  • Malpas, William ().

    Andy Goldsworthy: Touching Nature. Kidderminster: Crescent Moon. ISBN&#;.

  • Malpas, William (). The Art of Andy Goldsworthy. Kidderminster: Crescent Moon. ISBN&#;.
  • Malpas, William (). Andy Goldsworthy in Close-Up. Maidstone, Kent: Crescent Moon. ISBN&#;.
  • Malpas, William ().

    Andy Goldsworthy: Pocket Guide. Maidstone, Kent: Crescent Moon. ISBN&#;.

Film/Documentary

External links

General:

Art:

  • Online preview of the Andy Goldsworthy Digital Catalogue DVD Volume 1: – A collaborative effort involving Goldsworthy, The Crichton Foundation, and the University of Glasgow's Crichton Campus and Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII).

    The DVD documents, visually and textually, the first ten years of Goldsworthy's ephemeral outdoor practice. It replicates Goldsworthy's "Slide Cabinet Index", and includes previously unpublished material from "Goldsworthy's Sketchbook Diaries".

  • "Wet feathers/Wrapped around a stone/Before the incoming tide, Carrick" (). Photograph from the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
  • "Three Cairns" (), Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, US.
  • Photographs by Andy Goldsworthy in the UK Government Art Collection.
  • Andy Goldsworthy's Portfolio at the Cass Sculpture Foundation
  • – Media Initiatives to Protect Land Art from Urbanization, Industry and Overcuration.