Andy Goldsworthy is a British land artist who works with a variety of natural materials. Much of his work is ephemeral, made with natural materials which will quickly decay, such as with his leaf pieces:
Maple leaf line, let to flow downstream (I had an idea to do this, and then realised Goldsworthy did it first!):
Goldsworthy also works with stone, playing with colour...
... and balance.
Goldsworthy often uses combinations of materials, juxtaposing materials that will have different lifespans. The rock will remain long after the sticks have decayed.
He has made spires in wood
and ice.
A large focus of Goldsworthy's work is the influence of time. Usually it creates a process of transformation through decay. Goldsworthy has documented the melting of snowballs, which seem to embody a fluid sculptural process.
Goldsworthy has also created a series of melted "drawings" on paper, created by the marks left behind by giant snowballs melting onto the page.
Goldsworthy's clay walls also explore the role time can take in creating the artwork (rather than purely a process of transformative decay). The walls are made smooth — as they dry cracks appear, created by the influence of time and other undeterminable influences.
Andy Goldsworthy's website:
Goldsworthy also works with stone, playing with colour...
... and balance.
Goldsworthy often uses combinations of materials, juxtaposing materials that will have different lifespans. The rock will remain long after the sticks have decayed.
Goldsworthy also uses sticks to make screens, inside and outside the gallery setting.
He has made spires in woodand ice.
A large focus of Goldsworthy's work is the influence of time. Usually it creates a process of transformation through decay. Goldsworthy has documented the melting of snowballs, which seem to embody a fluid sculptural process.Goldsworthy has also created a series of melted "drawings" on paper, created by the marks left behind by giant snowballs melting onto the page.
Goldsworthy's clay walls also explore the role time can take in creating the artwork (rather than purely a process of transformative decay). The walls are made smooth — as they dry cracks appear, created by the influence of time and other undeterminable influences.
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