Andy Goldsworthy: Special Edition (Sculptors) - Hardcover

Malpas, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861710879 ISBN 13: 9781861710871

Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: TOUCHING NATURE DESCRIPTION

A new and revised edition of our best-selling book on Andy Goldsworthy. A completely rewritten exploration of the sculptor, updated to include recent works such as Night Path (2002) and Chalk Stones (2003) in Sussex, Three Cairns (2002) on the American East and West coasts, Stone Houses (2004) and Garden of Stones (2003) in Gotham, Passage (2005) in London, and Slate Domes (2005) in Washington, DC.

Known as a ‘land’, ‘earth’, ‘nature’ or ‘environmental’ artist, Andy Goldsworthy works with(in) nature. He uses natural materials in natural shapes and forms often set in natural contexts (but also in cities, towns, parks, sculpture parks, and many spaces created or adapted by people).

FROM THE INTRODUCTION

In the 1990s, Andy Goldsworthy’s art began to rise in popularity: the glossy coffee table book Stone became a bestseller (bear in mind it was then priced at $55). In 1994 Goldsworthy took over some West End galleries with a large one-man show. In 1995 he was part of an intriguing group show at the British Museum (Time Machine), creating sculptures, along with Richard Deacon, Peter Randall-Page and others, in amongst the monumental statuary of the famous Egyptian Hall. Also in 1995, Goldsworthy designed a set of Royal Mail stamps (and again in 2003). Digne in France became an increasingly important Goldsworthy location, with shows in 1995, 1997 and 2000). Prestigious commissions occurred in the US from the mid-1990s onwards. For instance: the giant Wall at Storm King Art Center in 1998; the Three Cairns on the East and West Coasts and Iowa in 2001-02; the ‘stone houses’ at the Metropolitan Museum in Gotham in 2004; the monument to the Holocaust (also in New York) in 2003; and the slate domes in Washington, DC in 2005. Goldsworthy continues to work in countries such as Japan, Australia, Holland, Canada, North America and France (with France and the US becoming primary centres of Goldsworthy activity), but his home ground of Dumfriesshire in Scotland remains (at) the heart of his work.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

William Malpas has written books on Richard Long and land art, as well as three books on Andy Goldsworthy, including the forthcoming Andy Goldsworthy In America. Malpas’s books on Richard Long and Andy Goldsworthy are the only full-length studies of these artists available.

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From the Publisher

In the 1990s, Goldsworthy's art began to rise in popularity: the glossy coffee table book Stone became a bestseller (bear in mind it was then priced at $55). In 1994 Goldsworthy took over some West End galleries with a large one-man show. In 1995 he was part of an intriguing group show at the British Museum (Time Machine), creating sculptures, along with Richard Deacon, Peter Randall-Page and others, in amongst the monumental statuary of the famous Egyptian Hall. Also in 1995, Goldsworthy designed a set of Royal Mail stamps (and again in 2003). Digne in France became an increasingly important Goldsworthy location, with shows in 1995, 1997 and 2000). Prestigious commissions occurred in the US from the mid-1990s onwards. For instance: the giant Wall at Storm King Art Center in 1998; the Three Cairns on the East and West Coasts and Iowa in 2001-02; the `stone houses' at the Metropolitan Museum in Gotham in 2004; the monument to the Holocaust (also in New York) in 2003; and the slate domes in Washington, DC in 2005. Goldsworthy continues to work in countries such as Japan, Australia, Holland, Canada, North America and France (with France and the US becoming primary centres of Goldsworthy activity), but his home ground of Dumfriesshire in Scotland remains (at) the heart of his work.

From the Author

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements 10 Abbreviations 11 Introduction 21

1 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: LIFE AND WORK 24 1 : Life * 2 : Works * 3: Critics of Andy Goldsworthy's Art

2 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY AND SCULPTURE IN THE MODERN ERA 43 1 : Andy Goldsworthy and Women Sculptors * 2 : Andy Goldsworthy and Constantin Brancusi * 3 : Light in Goldsworthy's Art

3 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY AND LAND ART 48 1 : The Spirit of Place * 2 : The Pollen Path: Art and Life * 3 : Land Art and Photography * 4 : Interior and Exterior Art * 5 : Land Art and Change * 6 : Land Art and Religion * 7 : Circles * 8 : The British Landscape Tradition

4 LAND ARTISTS IN BRITAIN, EUROPE AND AMERICA 69 1 : Andy Goldsworthy and Land Artists * 2 : Richard Long * 3 : Chris Drury

5 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY 84

6 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY 97

7 COLOUR AND DECORATION 105 1 : Andy Goldsworthy's Art and Decorative Art * 2 : Colour in Andy Goldsworthy's Art

8 TREES, TIDES, PLANTS AND HOLES 124 1 : Living Plants * 2 : Trees * 3 : The Black Hole * 4 : Tides

9 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY THE SNOW MAN 136 1 : Andy Goldsworthy and Snow * 2 : Touching North * 3 : Snowballs In Summer

10 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY THE GREEN MAN 149

11 INSTALLATIONS AND LARGE-SCALE WORKS 160 1 : Stone and Herd of Arches * 2 : The Capenoch Tree Series * 3 : Large-Scale Works and Installations * 4 : Maze * 5 : Passage * 6 : Garden of Stone * 7 : Cairns * 8 : Three Cairns * 9 : Walls * 10 : Sheepfolds * 11 : Arches * 12 : Digne

12 SPIRITUALITY AND SCULPTURE 206

13 TIME IN ANDY GOLDSWORTHY'S ART 214

List of Works 233 Notes 234 Bibliography 245 Illustrations 255

About this edition

• Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1861710879
• ISBN 13: 9781861710871
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 312