The Art Of Nature: Andy Goldsworthy

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The Art Of NatureAndy Goldsworthy

• Date

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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

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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

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Red leaves on cracked earth
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Stones dipped in water/then frozen to quarry
face/made over 3 days/place untouched by the sun
in winter
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Blades of grass dipped in water and laid on a
dead elm tree
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Torn lines through elm leaves held to stone with
water
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Bright sunny morning, frozen snow, cut slab,
scraped snow away with a stick, just short of
breaking through
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Slate arch made over two days, fourth attempt
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Rivers and Tides
Cairns Stone structures that are supported by
their own weight
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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.