Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature - Hardcover

Goldsworthy, Andy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810933519 ISBN 13: 9780810933514

Publisher: Abrams, 1990

Synopsis

Illustrates outdoor sculptures created with a range of natural materials, including snow, ice, leaves, rock, clay, stones, feathers, and twigs

About this title

Review:

Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy uses a seemingly infinite array of purely natural materials, from snow and ice to leaves, stone, and twigs in the creation of his one-of-a-kind sculptures. Unlike such artists as Christo and Michael Hiezer, whose works leave definite marks on the landscape, Goldsworthy's approach is to interrupt, shape, or in some other way temporarily alter or work with nature to produce his fragile, mutable pieces. To create "Broken Icicle," for example, Goldsworthy was only able to work on the sculpture in the early morning, when temperatures were below freezing. As with most of his works, ultimately, the materials used to create this piece returned to their natural state, leaving no trace of the artwork's existence save for the stunning photos in this book.

About the Author:

Andy Goldsworthy is one of the most prominent artists in the world today. Although commissions take him all over the world, the landscape of Northwest England and Scotland (where he lives) remain at the heart of his work. Goldsworthys bestselling books for Abrams include "A Collaboration with Nature , Time, Stone", and "Passage".

About this edition

• Publisher: Abrams
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0810933519
• ISBN 13: 9780810933514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128