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Andy Goldsworthy - land artist, sculptor and photographer

 

Find out about Andy Goldsworthy (1956-present) - the British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings.

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Andy Goldsworthy - biography 

Cass Sculpture Foundation - Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire in 1956 and was brought up in Yorkshire. He studied at Bradford College of Art (1974-75) and Preston Polytechnic (1975-78).

Throughout his career most of Goldsworthy's work has been made in the open air, in places as diverse as the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, Grize Fiord in the Northern Territories of Canada, the North Pole, Japan, the Australian outback, St Louis, Missouri and Dumfriesshire.
Andy Goldsworthy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andy Goldsworthy (born July 26, 1956) is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist living in Scotland who produces site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. His art involves the use of natural and found objects, to create both temporary and permanent sculptures which draw out the character of their environment.

He studied fine art at Bradford College of Art (1974-1975) and at the Preston Polytechnic (1975-1978)[1] (now the University of Central Lancashire) in Preston, Lancashire, receiving his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the latter.[3]

After leaving college, Goldsworthy lived in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria. In 1985 he moved to Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and a year later to Penpont. 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 1993 he was conferred an honorary degree by the University of Bradford. He is currently an A.D. White Professor-At-Large at Cornell University.[5]

He is the subject of a 2001 documentary feature film Rivers and Tides, directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer.[6]

BOOKS: About Andy Goldsworthy's work 

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Andy Goldsworthy and his work in Museums 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof
British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), known for working in, and with, the natural landscape, was invited by the Museum to create this year's installation for The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, the most dramatic outdoor space for sculpture in New York City.
Public Art Fund: Andy Goldsworthy
Garden of Stones, an eloquent garden plan of trees growing from stone, is Andy Goldsworthy's design for the Memorial Garden of The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. The Memorial Garden is a contemplative space dedicated to the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust and honoring those who survived.
Andy Goldsworthy's Yorkshire Sculpture Park Show Wins South Bank Show Award - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
Yorkshire Sculpture Park's major Andy Goldsworthy exhibition has won the Visual Arts Award in the prestigious South Bank Show Awards.

Sited throughout YSP's 500 acres of historic landscape, the exhibition ran between March 2007 and January 2008 and was the culmination of a 20 year relationship between the park and Andy Goldsworthy.
Storm King Art Center - Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy - Storm King Wall, 1997-98
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Storm King Wall, 1997-98
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Come walk alongside Andy Goldsworthy's extraordinary Storm King Wall. Created over a two-year period, the 2,278-foot-long
NGA - The Andy Goldsworthy Project (1/2005)
The Andy Goldsworthy ProjectJanuary 22-May 15, 2005
Overview: 7 photographs, 9 diary sheets with photographs, and 6 drawings by British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy documented a 2-part project for the National Gallery of Art.
National Gallery of Art - Andy Goldsworthy: Roof
British artist Andy Goldsworthy, along with his assistant and a team of workers including four dry-stone wallers also from Britain, installed the sculpture entitled Roof on the ground level of the East Building over the course of nine weeks in the winter of 2004/2005.

The concept for the sculpture emanated from the artist's interest in the origin of Washington building stones, and evokes the natural sources of this urban center.
NGA - The Andy Goldsworthy Project (1/2005)
The Andy Goldsworthy ProjectJanuary 22-May 15, 2005
Overview: 7 photographs, 9 diary sheets with photographs, and 6 drawings by British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy documented a 2-part project for the National Gallery of Art.
National Gallery of Art - The Andy Goldsworthy Project
The first phase of the project began in October 2003 when Goldsworthy spent nine days on Government Island, Stafford, Virginia, site of the now abandoned but historic Aquia Creek sandstone quarry, which provided the original stone for the White House and Capitol buildings. The location proved a rich source of materials and inspiration for Goldsworthy. Here he modeled clay, extracted from the quarry and made pliable by a recent rain, into vertical ridges that he affixed to the face of a pointed rock. Goldsworthy documented his work with a diary (sponsored by The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund) and photographs, now owned by the Gallery.
National Gallery of Art - Andy Goldsworthy' Roof: VR Panorama
VR Panorama of Andy Goldsworthy's Roof
NGA | Andy Goldsworthy
Works by Andy Goldsworthy in the Gallery's Collection

Blogging about Andy Goldworthy 

Making a Mark: Andy Goldsworthy Retrospective at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Andy Goldsworthy is a land artist. He uses natural materials to make environmentally responsible and sometimes ephemeral sculptures in the open air. A major retrospective exhibition of work by Andy Goldsworthy opened at Yorkshire Sculpture Park on 31st March and lasts until 6 January 2008. I'm hoping I can get to see this when I travel up to Yorkshire for the Art for UK Youth North exhibition later this month.

According to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park this is...

The largest and most ambitious project ever curated at YSP, featuring specially commissioned outdoor works, installations and never before seen archive material (YSP website)

I think Goldsworthy's work is some of the most intriguing and attractive sculpture I've ever seen. I particularly enjoy the fact that he works with natural materials from the locality in which his sculptures are located, develops organic shapes and has a very strong sense of place and heritage. They also have the most amazing shapes and patterns. It's no wonder he's an extremely popular contemporary artist.

(Contains images of work shown in Yorkshire Sculpture Park)
Hatch: The Design PublicĀ® Blog %uFFFD Blog Archive %uFFFD Andy Goldsworthy: Wall
I took my own advice this week and started to pull down and enjoy the books that had been trapped at the bottom of my stacks. Today it was Andy Goldsworthy: Wall. The relationship between his work and its surroundings is transformed by the seasons, the weather, and environmental changes like succession.

Andy Goldsworthy Photographs 

Andy Goldsworthy Digital Catalogue: Home
Welcome to the on-line Preview of the Andy Goldsworthy Digital Catalogue DVD Volume 1: 1976-1986
These pages make accessible a sample of entries from the Andy Goldsworthy Digital Catalogue DVD (Volume One: 1976-1986).
DCMS | GAC - Andy Goldsworthy Photographs
Andy Goldsworthy Photographs in the Government Art Collection
Art & Architecture - Snowballs in Summer
"Snowballs in Summer" (2000), photographed in Charterhouse Square and Smithfield Market in Smithfield, London, UK. Photographs from the Conway Collection, Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

Andy Goldsworthy - Works 

Andy Goldsworthy Online
Andy Goldsworthy [British Environmental Artist, born in 1956] Guide to pictures of works by Andy Goldsworthy in art museum sites and image archives ...
ArtisanCam - Artists - Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy Each featured artist has sections on techniques, influences, workshops, questions, teachers' area and a gallery of their work. ...

We filmed Andy as he worked on his largest exhibition to date at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield. You can see how he tackled the problems of making three very large works, in stone, clay and chestnut stalks for the gallery spaces.
Andy Goldsworthy on artnet
Andy Goldsworthy (British, 1956) - Find works of art, auction results & sale prices of artist Andy Goldsworthy at galleries and auctions worldwide.
Artist/Naturalist Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy is a brilliant British artist who collaborates with nature to make his creations. Besides England and Scotland, his work has been created ...
What is Art? What is an Artist? Photograph by Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy is an environmental sculptor in which his use of the natural surroundings create an art form. He explores and experiments with various ...
Andy Goldsworthy: the beauty of creation
Andy Goldsworthy rather lets his clay dry in the sun. Sometimes the processing is negative: as when man-made structures of sand are dismantled through the ...
Q&A with Andy Goldsworthy - TIME
Apr 13, 2007 ... The British artist who gets his inspiration and material from the natural world talks about his youth, his vision and his largest exhibition ...
Eyestorm : Artist : Andy Goldsworthy
Since the late 70s, Andy Goldsworthy has been making site-specific work in the landscape, using nature itself as a 'found object' - as both the subject and ...
Storm King Art Center - Andy Goldsworthy
Come walk alongside Andy Goldsworthy's extraordinary Storm King Wall. Created over a two-year period, the 2278-foot-long site-specific sculpture was made ...
Andy Goldsworthy | 21ST CENTURY BRITISH SCULPTURE
Information about the sculptor Andy Goldsworthy including a full biography, details about commissioned sculpture and 3682 portfolio images.
Andy Goldsworthy, Autumn Works
British artist Andy Goldsworthy and several of his autumnal installations.. Aug 28, 2006.
Cass Sculpture Foundation - Andy Goldsworthy - portfolio
The portfolio comprises a lot of images of works by Andy Goldsworthy

VIDEOS: Andy Goldsworthy on You Tube 

Rivers and Tides

A clip from the beautiful documentary on Andy Goldsworthy, "Rivers and Tides". If you enjoy this clip, please support his work by purchasing the dvd. In this clip he works on hanging a meticulous sculpture from a tree, and ultimately fails.

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VIDEOS: Andy Goldsworthy on You Tube 

Some of the videos are of the work - and some are of the artist at work. Some are peaceful - and some are not!

Nature and Nature: Andy Goldsworthy

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Sculpture: Andy Goldsworthy

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Collaboration With Nature

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wookies on a stroll and a tribute to andy goldsworthy

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Ode to Andy Goldsworthy: Ice Ladder

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Andy Goldsworthy

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A Day In The Life of Andy Goldsworthy

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Making A Mark 

Katherine Tyrrell's blog about: - Making marks with pastels, pencils and pen and ink - Creating new drawings and paintings - Influences on developing both artwork and art careers - Interviews with artists - Information about resources for artists and art

See also my blog post about the exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Andy Goldsworthy Retrospective at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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Flickr: Photos of work by Andy Goldsworthy 

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Cool! I'm a big fan of Andy Goldsworthy and his creations, nice collection of resources!

Posted April 08, 2008

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