Andy Goldsworthy

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One of the Three Cones sculpture by Andy Goldsworthy at The Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York

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The trees and landscape surrounding this permanent sculpture on the campus of SUNY, Purchase

Andy Goldsworthy (born Cheshire, England, 1956) is a British artist and photographer living in Scotland who produces site specific sculpture and land art situated in natural settings. His art involves the use of natural and found objects to create temporary sculptural pieces which both appear naturalistic and create stark contrasts with their surroundings. He works closely with form and color contrasts to produce works that are both striking and ephemeral.

His media often include twigs, thorns, mud, snow, icicles, brightly colored flowers and leaves. He often uses only his bare hands and found tools, although more recent works like the Moonlit Path and Chalk Stones (Petworth, West Sussex - 2002) have also used heavy machinery.

Goldsworthy is a subject of a 2001 documentary feature film "Rivers and Tides" directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer. (ASIN: B0002JL9N6)

Publications

• Stone (2005) Gardners Book. ISBN 0670854786
• Hand to Earth (2004)
• Passage (2004)
• Andy Goldsworthy - Refuges D'Art (2002)
• Midsummer Snowballs (2001)
• Time (2000)
• Wall (2000)
• Sheepfolds (1999)
• Arch (1999)
• Black Stones Red Pools: Dumfriesshire Winter 1994-5 (1997)
• Wood (1996)
• Alaska Works - out of print
• Pierres Andy Goldsworthy (1994)
• (Goldsworthy with Terry Friedman) Hand to Earth Andy Goldsworth Scuplture 1976-1990 (1993)
• Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature (1990) Abrams ISBN 0810933519
• Heudo Cloud

External links

• Hampshire exhibition writeup (BBC)
• Wiltshire exhibition writeup (BBC)
• Snowballs In Summer at EyeStorm
• Brief article at Sweet Briar College
• "Searching for the window into nature's soul" - Smithsonian magazine (February 1997)
• Goldsworthy at Sculpture.org.uk
  • Biography
  • Portfolio
• Andy Goldsworthy: the beauty of creation
• Image search with Google
• : Etoile-Rando.com Randonnées Land Art avec Jean-Pierre Brovelli, Alpes de Haute-Provence

Exhibitions:

• National Gallery of Art, Andy Goldsworthy: Roof (current)
• Boutwell Draper Gallery (8 february - 11 march, 2006. Sydney, Australia)
• Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (27 January - 14 May, 2006)
• National Gallery of Art, The Andy Goldsworthy Project (22 January - 15 May, 2005)
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art (4 May - 31 October, 2004)
• Storm King Art Center (22 May - 15 November, 2000)

Collections:

• Government Art Collection (UK)
• Courtauld Institute of Art
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• Artnet

Artists with Similar Style:

• Martin Hill