Andy Goldsworthy
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Born | Cheshire, England |
26 July 1956
Nationality | British |
Education | Bradford College of Art (1974–1975); Preston Polytechnic (now University of Central Lancashire) (1975–1978) |
Known for | Sculpture; photography |
Movement | Environmental art and land art |
Awards | Scottish Arts Council Award (1987); honorary degree from the University of Bradford (1993); OBE (2000) |
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 works in Scotland.
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Early life
The son of F. Allin Goldsworthy (1929–2001), former professor of applied mathematics at the University of Leeds, Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire[1] and grew up on the Harrogate side of Leeds, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in a house edging the green belt. From the age of 13 he worked on farms as a labourer. He has likened the repetitive quality of farm tasks to the routine of making sculpture: "A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it."[2]
Goldsworthy studied fine art at Bradford College of Art (1974–1975) and at 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]
Career
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 received an honorary degree from the University of Bradford. He was an A.D. White Professor-At-Large in Sculpture at Cornell University 2000-2006 and 2006-2008.[5]
Andy Goldsworthy is the subject of a 2001 documentary feature film called Rivers and Tides, directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer.[6]
Photography plays a crucial role in his art due to its often ephemeral and transient state. According to Goldsworthy, "Each work grows, stays, decays – integral parts of a cycle which the photograph shows at its heights, marking the moment when the work is most alive. There is an intensity about a work at its peak that I hope is expressed in the image. Process and decay are implicit."[7]
Goldsworthy produced a commissioned work for the entry courtyard of San Francisco's De Young Museum called "Drawn Stone", which echoes San Francisco's frequent earthquakes and their effects. His installation included a giant crack in the pavement that broke off into smaller cracks, and broken limestone, which could be used for benches. The smaller cracks were made with a hammer adding unpredictability to the work as he created it.[8] Goldsworthy is represented by Galerie Lelong, New York and Paris.
Art process
The materials used in Andy Goldsworthy's art often include brightly coloured flowers, icicles, leaves, mud, pinecones, snow, stone, twigs, and thorns. He has been quoted as saying, "I think it's incredibly brave to be working with flowers and leaves and petals. But I have to: I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole."[9] Goldsworthy is generally considered the founder of modern rock balancing. For his ephemeral works, Goldsworthy often uses only his bare hands, teeth, and found tools to prepare and arrange the materials; however, for his permanent sculptures like "Roof", "Stone River" and "Three Cairns", "Moonlit Path" (Petworth, West Sussex, 2002) and "Chalk Stones" in the South Downs, near West Dean, West Sussex he has also employed the use of machine tools. To create "Roof", Goldsworthy worked with his assistant and five British dry-stone wallers, who were used to make sure the structure could withstand time and nature.
Personal life
In 1982, Goldsworthy married Judith Gregson. They had four children and settled in the village of Penpont in the region of Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, in southwest Scotland. The couple later separated. He now lives there with his partner, Tina Fiske, an art historian whom he met when she came to work with him a few years after he separated from his wife.[2]
Awards
- 1979 – North West Arts Award
- 1980 – Yorkshire Arts Award
- 1981 – Northern Arts Award
- 1982 – Northern Arts Award
- 1986 – Northern Arts Bursary
- 1987 – Scottish Arts Council Award
- 1989 – Northern Electricity Arts Award[3]
- 2000 – Appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)[2]
Exhibitions and installations
Image | Dates | Title | Location |
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1996–2003 | Sheepfolds | Cumbria, England, UK | |
1997 | Stone House[10] | Herring Island, Victoria, Australia | |
1997 | Cairn[10] | Herring Island, Victoria, Australia | |
1998 | Hutton Roof | National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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22 May – 15 November 2000 |
Andy Goldsworthy at Storm King Art Center[11] (featuring the installation Storm King Wall) |
Storm King Art Center Mountainville, Cornwall, New York, USA |
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August 2001 | Stone River[12] | Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University Stanford, California, USA |
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2002 | Andy Goldsworthy Arch at Goodwood[13] |
Cass Sculpture Foundation Goodwood, West Sussex, England, UK |
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2002 | Chalk Stones Trail | South Downs near West Dean, West Sussex | |
4 May – 31 October 2004 |
Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof[14] (featuring the installation Stone Houses) |
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Metropolitan Museum of Art Roof Garden New York City, USA |
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2005 | Andy Goldsworthy: Early Works A national touring exhibition from the Haywood Gallery[15] |
England, United Kingdom | |
2005 | Drawn Stone[16] | M. H. de Young Memorial Museum San Francisco |
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2005 | Arches[17] | Gibbs Farm, New Zealand | |
22 January – 15 May 2005 |
The Andy Goldsworthy Project[18] (including the installation Roof)[19] |
National Gallery of Art National Mall, Washington, D.C., USA |
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2006 | Red sandstone wall at the Doerr-Hosier Center[20] | Aspen Institute Aspen, Colorado, USA |
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31 March 2007 – 6 January 2008 |
Andy Goldsworthy[21] | Yorkshire Sculpture Park West Bretton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK |
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October 2008 | Spire[22] | Park Presidio San Francisco |
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June 2009 | Provence art trail[23] | Provence France |
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7 September 2012 – 2 November 2012 |
Domo de Argila / Clay Dome[24][25] | Cais do Porto Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Publications
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See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stonard, John Paul (10 December 2000). "Goldsworthy, Andy". Grove Art Online. Retrieved on 15 May 2007.
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References
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- Biography of Andy Goldsworthy at the Cass Sculpture Foundation
- Biography of Andy Goldsworthy at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Further information
Articles:
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Books:
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Film / Documentary
- Rivers and Tides (2001) documentary
External links
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General:
- Andy Goldsworthy at the Cass Sculpture Foundation
- Andy Goldsworthy at artnet
- Andy Goldsworthy's 1980s work with Common Ground, a UK charity and lobby group promoting local distinctiveness
- Andy Goldsworthy working on Drawn Stone on KQED's TV programme Spark (June 2005)
- Andy Goldsworthy on Artcyclopedia
Art:
- Online preview of the Andy Goldsworthy Digital Catalogue DVD Volume 1: 1976–1986. A collaborative effort involving Goldsworthy, The Crichton Foundation, and the University of Glasgow's Crichton Campus and Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII). The DVD documents, visually and textually, the first ten years of Goldsworthy's ephemeral outdoor practice. It replicates Goldsworthy's "Slide Cabinet Index", and includes previously unpublished material from "Goldsworthy's Sketchbook Diaries".
- "Wet feathers/Wrapped around a stone/Before the incoming tide, Carrick" (1999). Photograph from the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
- "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.
- "Three Cairns" (2002), Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, US.
- Photographs by Andy Goldsworthy in the UK Government Art Collection.
- Photographs of Andy Goldsworthy's sculptures at Flickr
- Andy Goldsworthy's Portfolio at the Cass Sculpture Foundation
- SaveLandArt.org – Media Initiatives to Protect Land Art from Urbanization, Industry and Overcuration.
- "Natural Art" – Richard Long, Andy Goldsworthy, Jacek Tylicki by PediaPress. 2010
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- English photographers
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- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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- Alumni of the University of Bradford
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- 1956 births
- Living people