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Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy
A homage to Andy Goldsworthy. I made this spiral by splitting slate pebbles (I bashed them with a rock) and laying them out on a slab on the shore of Loch Lomond in Scotland on the Easter weekend just gone. I returned the next day to see if it was still there and found it intact and just as I left it. However it was raining so I removed the pebbles to see the dry patches left underneath. You can see the result here Spiral in the rain Andy Goldsworthy's original design of a split pebble spiral is on the cover of his fantastic book "Andy Goldsworthy - A collaboration with nature" which is a stunningly inspirational tome. I thoroughly recommend any of his books for anyone remotely interested in land art - his talent and skill is a great inspiration to me and has driven me to try to reproduce some of his designs to try and understand the physical process he went through in producing the original. My versions are nothing but humble tributes to his vision.
by Jason Leith
Andy Goldsworthy nació en Cheshire, Inglaterra, el 26 de julio de 1956 y se crió en Harrogate al lado de Leeds , West Yorkshire. Desde la edad de 13 años, trabajó en granjas como jornalero. Se ha comparado la calidad repetitiva de las tareas de la granja a la rutina de hacer su escultura: ". Una gran parte de mi trabajo es como recoger patatas, hay que entrar en el ritmo de la misma" Goldsworthy estudió bellas artes en Bradford College of Art (1974-1975) y en Preston Politécnica (1975-1978) (en la actualidad la Universidad de Central Lancashire, recibiendo su Licenciatura en Artes (BA). Después de salir de la universidad, Goldsworthy vivió en Yorkshire, Lancashire y Cumbria. En 1985, se trasladó a Langholm en Dumfries y Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Escocia, y un año después a Penpont . Se ha dicho de que su giro gradual hacia el norte era "debido a la forma de vida sobre el que no tenía el control total", pero que los factores contribuyentes fueron las oportunidades y deseos de trabajar en estas áreas y "razones de economía". En 1982, se casó con Judith Goldsworthy Gregson. Tuvieron cuatro hijos y se establecieron en el pueblo de Penpont en la región de Dumfries y Galloway, Dumfriesshire, en el suroeste de Escocia. Ahora vive allí con su pareja, Tina Fiske, una historiadora de arte a la que conoció cuando ella vino a trabajar con él un par de años después de que se separó de su esposa. En 1993, recibió un doctorado honoris causa de la Universidad de Bradford. Actualmente es AD Profesor-At-Large en la Universidad de Cornell. Desde finales de los setenta Goldsworthy se ha dedicado casi exclusivamente al landart, ( arte terrenal) esto es, ha usado la propia naturaleza manipulada por él como obra de arte, manejando después, como testimonio, la fotografía realizada tras sus intervenciones, Goldsworthy es uno de los pocos artistas que no hace trabajar a otros sobre su proyecto en el paisaje sino que interviene con sus propias manos en actuaciones muy monumentales. Ha viajado mucho por America, Europa, Japon y Australia, el sentido del lugar es trascendental en sus obra, se podria decir que es lo mas importante, porque aunque sea de manera provisional su objetivo es modificar el entorno. Le interesa además la esencia cambiante del paisaje por la luz o el clima por ejemplo, los propios materiales de su obra también pueden ser afectados por el cambio, hielo, arena, hojas o nieve son algunos de sus materiales favoritos, la mayoria de sus esculturas tienen que ser realizadas y documentadas en el mismo dia por su caracter efímero, a veces no solo en el mismo día sino en el fugaz instante en que la obra "tiene lugar" como cuando fotografía agua o arena lanzada en el aire, de modo que su obra tiene también algo de action art. La inestabilidad de la naturaleza es su mayor atractivo tanto en los colores como en las formas, Goldsworthy es famoso por sus actuaciones con formas constantemente presentes en la naturaleza pero a nivel molecular por lo tanto imperceptibles para el ojo humano, actúa sobre la naturaleza con las que son sus formas elementales sacando a la luz en cierta manera la esencia interna de todas las cosas. Para dar una dimension temporal a su trabajo aparte de su transitoriedad usa la seriación, otra manera de actuar de la naturaleza, la repetición por patrones como si las obras de arte se pudieran producir a modo de fractales. Exposiciones (Seleccion) 2000. The Barbican Art Centre, Londres. 1999. Michael Hue Williams Fine Art, Londres. Den Haag Sculptur 1999, La Haya. Plymouth Art Centre, Plymouth. 1998. Galeria Lelong, Paris. Museo Nacional de Escocia, Edinburgo. 1996. Michael Hue Williams Fine Art, Londres. Museo de Arte de Anchorage, Alaska. Yorkshire Sculpture Park - West Bretton,Wakefield,West Yorkshire, England Increíble el efecto que consigue - la mitad inferior es solo el reflejo en el agua de la mitad superior ( clicar ) Cairn - Herring Island, Victoria, Australia - 1997 Escultura en el Museo Nacional de Escocia Sheepfolds - Cumbria, England, UK - 1996-2006 ( clicar ) Detalle de la obra anterior Casa de piedra - Herring Island, Victoria, Australia - 1997 ( clicar ) Escultura en el Real Jardín Botánico de Edimburgo, Escocia ( clicar ) ( clicar ) Árbol - roca Dirty grapes verde para las hojas amarillas Arco efímero de nieve y piedras ( clicar )
Originally published in AR February 1988, this piece was published online in March 2018 in connection with the publication of AR April 2018 on Rethinking
A new book captures stunning works by an artist who uses nature, and his own body, as a medium
Andy Goldsworthy OBE (born 26 July 1956) is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and w…
Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, renowned in his field, that creates temporary installations out of sticks and stones, and anything and everything else that he finds outside. The son of a mathematician, Goldsworthy grew up working on farms before eventually getting his BA from what is now the University of Central Lancashire. "A lot of my work is like picking potatoes," he told the Guardian. "You have to get into the rhythm of it."
A new book captures stunning works by an artist who uses nature, and his own body, as a medium
If there is ever an artist whose work could ever be one with nature, Andy Goldsworthy comes pretty damn close. If you have never heard of him, Goldsworthy is a British artist with an extraordinar…
Andy Goldsworthy is an environmental art photographer from Cheshire, United Kingdom, creating ephemeral sculptures in the landscape which he photographs subsequently. Goldsworthy is best known for his outdoor sculptures made of natural materials, from snow and ice to leaves, grass, stones, clay, petals, and twigs. Inspired by the Land Art of Robert Smithson, Richard Long, […]
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Originally published in AR February 1988, this piece was published online in March 2018 in connection with the publication of AR April 2018 on Rethinking
British artist Andy Goldsworthy's sculptures melt and decay. "It's not about art," he says. "It's just about life, and the need to understand that a lot of things in life do not last."
Turn nature into art with these amazing Andy Goldsworthy Art Projects for Kids! Get inspired to go out, pick up something & turn it into something beautiful!
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A new book captures stunning works by an artist who uses nature, and his own body, as a medium
Using nature as his canvas, the artist creates works of transcendent beauty
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, renowned in his field, that creates temporary installations out of sticks and stones, and anything and everything else that he finds outside. The son of a mathematician, Goldsworthy grew up working on farms before eventually getting his BA from what is now the University of Central Lancashire. "A lot of my work is like picking potatoes," he told the Guardian. "You have to get into the rhythm of it."
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Andy Goldsworthy was taking questions from the audience after his talk Sunday afternoon at the Cleveland Museum of Art, when this one came up: What was he like as a child? After noting that you’d have to have asked his late mother to really know the answer, the acclaimed artist downplayed the idea that there was anything unusual about his [...]
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