Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy (2005)

Andy Goldsworthy , OBE , (born July 26, 1956 in Cheshire , England ) is an artist who uses naturally occurring materials to create his mostly quickly perishable works and documents them with the help of photography . He is considered one of the most important representatives of nature art , a variant of land art .

life and work

The Sheepfolds , Lake District , Tree in Stone (2006)

Cone , Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

Andy Goldsworthy is the son of Muriel and F. Allin Goldsworthy (1929-2001). His father was a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Leeds . He grew up in rural Yorkshire . From 1974 to 1975 he studied in Bradford at the College of Art and from 1975 to 1978 at Preston Polytechnic , since 1992 integrated into the University of Central Lancashire . There he took part in seminars less and less, instead he was drawn to the nearby coast of the Irish Sea , where he made his first experiments in and with natural materials.

Goldsworthy's works are characterized by their transience . He works exclusively with natural materials that he finds on the spot, such as stones, flower petals or wood - always without artificial "man-made" aids. He only uses thorns and sticks or grass fibers to attach leaves and branches and documents his sometimes daringly fragile works of art with artistically high-quality photographs; For example, he scatters flower petals in a river and images them with his Hasselblad camera shortly before they finally melt away. Another example is the Forked Twigs photo in Water-Bentham (1979).

In another work, he leaves elaborately arranged mussel spirals on the beach to the tide and thus returns them to the sea. It is not his intention to leave traces in nature, rather he gives back the artifacts of nature. He demonstrates their beauty by uniting their shapes and colors into harmoniously composed objects for a few hours , but then leaving them to natural destruction. For Goldsworthy, the hidden mysticism of the place and its spiritually influenced perception also play a major role; he allows himself to be influenced by his surroundings and also wants to experience the place itself as a work of art.

For him, the most spectacular demonstration of his art to date took place in London when, on the day of the summer solstice in 2001, he transported thirteen large snowballs in refrigerated cars into the city and distributed them on the streets of London. He observed the reactions of the people and the passing snow, his day-long work is documented in the photo book Sommerschnee .

Goldsworthy was married to Judith Gregson since 1982 and has four children with her. After his separation he lived alone for a few years until he met his new life partner, the art historian Tina Fiske, who initially helped him organize the inventory of his recordings. He lives with her in Scotland ( Penpont , Dumfries and Galloway ).

reception

It was his art books and less his exhibitions that made Goldsworthy a silent star on the international art scene. In his studio he archives all the recordings of his work that he has already made in Scotland, the USA, France, Japan, at the North Pole and in Australia.

Goldsworthy and his work were portrayed by the Munich filmmaker and cameraman Thomas Riedelsheimer in 2001 in the 90-minute documentary Rivers and Tides (Eng. "River of Time", literally: "Rivers and Tides"). The camera observes the manufacturing process of Goldworthy's Land Art in four countries and four seasons. The film received the German Camera Prize 2001 and the German Film Critics Prize 2001 , among others . The film music was contributed by Fred Frith .
The same director released the themed documentary Leaning into the Wind - Andy Goldsworthy in German cinemas on December 14, 2017 .

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
• 1993: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bradford
• 2000: Appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Quotes

" I find some of my new works disturbing, just as I find nature as a whole disturbing. The landscape is often perceived as pastoral, pretty, beautiful - something to be enjoyed as a backdrop to your weekend before going back to the nitty-gritty of urban life. But anybody who works the land knows it's not like that. Nature can be harsh - difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn't walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying. "

- Andy Goldsworthy, 2007

" One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist's entire life. What I've learned over the past 30 years is really beginning to inform what I make. I hope that process continues until I die. "

- Andy Goldsworthy, 2007

Publications

German books

• Wood. Two thousand and one, Frankfurt a. M. 1996, ISBN 3-86150-184-8 (illustrated book)
• Stone. Two thousand and one, Frankfurt a. M. 1998, ISBN 3-86150-047-7 (illustrated book)
• Bow . Two thousand and one, Frankfurt a. M. 1999, ISBN 3-86150-299-2 (illustrated book)
• Wall. Two thousand and one, Frankfurt a. M. 2000, ISBN 3-86150-348-4 (illustrated book)
• Andy Goldsworthy. Two thousand and one, Frankfurt a. M. 2001, ISBN 3-86150-128-7  (illustrated book)
• Time. Two thousand and one, Frankfurt a. M. 2001, ISBN 3-86150-399-9  (illustrated book)
• Summer snow. Two thousand and one, Frankfurt a. M. 2002, ISBN 3-86150-442-1  (illustrated book)
• Passage. Two thousand and one, Frankfurt a. M. 2004, ISBN 3-86150-645-9  (illustrated book)
• Sheepfolds. Two thousand and one, Frankfurt a. M 2008, ISBN 3-86150-856-7 (illustrated book)

English books

• Rain, Sun, Snow, Hail, Mist, Calm: Photoworks by Andy Goldsworthy . Henry Moore Center for the Study of Sculpture, Leeds 1985, ISBN 0-9019-8124-9 .
• Parkland . Yorkshire Sculpture Park , [Yorkshire] 1988, ISBN 1-8714-8000-0 .
• Touching North . Fabian Carlsson, London 1989, ISBN 0-9482-7406-9 .
• Leaves . Common Ground , London 1989, ISBN 1-8703-6407-4 .
• Andy Goldsworthy . Viking, London 1990, ISBN 0-6708-3213-8 . Republished as Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature . HN Abrams, New York, NY 1990, ISBN 0-8109-3351-9 .
• Ice and Snow Drawings: 1990-1992 . FruitMarket Gallery, Edinburgh 1992, ISBN 0-947912-06-1 .
• Andy Goldsworthy, Terry Friedman: Hand to Earth: Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture, 1976–1990 . HN Abrams, New York, NY 1993, ISBN 0-8109-3420-5 .
• Stone . Viking, London 1994, ISBN 0-6708-5478-6 .
• Black Stones, Red Pools: Dumfriesshire Winter 1994-5 . Pro Arte Foundation in association with Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd. & Galerie Lelong, NY, London 1995, ISBN 0-9525-4570-5 .
• Andy Goldsworthy, Steve Chettle; Paul Nesbitt & Andrew Humphries: Sheepfolds . Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd, London 1996.
• Wood . Viking, London 1996, ISBN 0-6708-7137-0 .
• Andy Goldsworthy, David Craig: Arch . Thames & Hudson, London 1999, ISBN 0-5000-1933-9 .
• Time . Thames & Hudson, London 2000, ISBN 0-5005-1026-1 .
• Andy Goldsworthy, Jerry L. Thompson & Storm King Art Center: Wall at Storm King . Thames & Hudson, London 2000, ISBN 0-5000-1991-6 .
• Midsummer snowballs . Thames & Hudson, London 2001, ISBN 0-5005-1065-2 .
• Andy Goldsworthy: Refuges D'Art . Editions Artha; Musée départemental de Digne, Lyon; Digne, France 2002, ISBN 2-8484-5001-0 .
• Passage . Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-5005-1191-8 .
• Enclosure . Thames & Hudson, London 2007, ISBN 0-5000-9336-9 .

literature

• Maria Lauber: In search for a place where snow never melts. The examination of natural materials in contemporary art using the example of Andy Goldsworthy, Wolfgang Laib and Tony Cragg . Dissertation. University of Freiburg i. Br. 1995.
• Hartwig Dingfelder: Andy Goldsworthy's work sequence "Tree". Capenoch March 1994 - February 1996. University of Göttingen 2001. (Art history thesis; illustrated book)
• Frank Ilschner: Embodied periods of time. An examination of Land Art in the works of Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Long and Walter De Maria . University of Duisburg, 2004. ( online dissertation , PDF file)

Movies

• Thomas Riedelsheimer , Andy Goldsworthy, Fred Frith (comp.): Rivers and Tides . Andy Goldsworthy working with time. Absolut Medien, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-89848-809-9 .
• Thomas Riedelsheimer: Leaning into the Wind - Andy Goldsworthy . Piffl. UK 2017

Exhibitions and installations (selection)

image	date	title	Place of issue
	1996-2003	Sheepfolds (tree in stone)	Cumbria , Lake District (England)
	May 22 - November 15, 2000	Andy Goldsworthy at the Storm King Art Center (especially the Storm King Wall installation )	Storm King Art Center Mountainville, Cornwall, New York (USA)
	August 2001	Stone River	Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University (California, USA)
	2002	Andy Goldsworthy Arch in Goodwood	Cass Sculpture Foundation Goodwood , Chichester (District) (United Kingdom)
	2002	Chalk Stones Trail	South Downs, near West Dean, West Sussex
	May 4th - October 31st, 2004	Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof (especially the Stone Houses installation )	Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York (USA)
	2005	Andy Goldsworthy: Early Works A national traveling exhibition by the Haywood Gallery	(England)
	2005	Drawn Stone	MH de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco (California, USA)
	January 22 - May 15, 2005	The Andy Goldsworthy Project (including the installation Roof )	National Gallery of Art , National Mall (Washington, DC, USA)
	2006	Andy Goldsworthy, Working with time	opelvillen Rüsselsheim (Germany)
	2006	Red sandstone wall at the Doerr-Hosier Center	Aspen Institute , Aspen (Colorado, USA)
	March 31, 2007 - January 6, 2008	Andy Goldsworthy	Yorkshire Sculpture Park , West Bretton , Wakefield , (West Yorkshire, England)

Web links

• Literature by and about Andy Goldsworthy in the catalog of the German National Library

Pictures and films

Commons : Andy Goldsworthy  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Andy Goldsworthy , morning-earth.org
• Images and exhibit list at artnet (English)
• Cass Sculpture Foundation page on Goldsworthy - with pictures
• Andy Goldsworthy in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Texts on Goldsworthy's art

• Roland Halfen: The silent power of the fragile.
• Stefan Beyst: Andy Goldsworthy. The beauty of creation. (English)
• "Time is the greatest magician". October 17, 1998 and Andy Goldsworthy: Loam and Let Loam. In: Tagesspiegel , July 20, 2001.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Tim Adams: Andy Goldsworthy - Natural talent. In: The Observer , March 11, 2007, interview, (English)
2. ↑ Andy Goldsworthy , artnet (English) as of February 21, 2009
3. ↑ ^{a b} Alastair Sooke meets Andy Goldsworthy: He's got the whole world in his hands , Daily Telegraph , March 27, 2007 (Eng.)
4. ↑ Film information from Piffl-Medien; Retrieved February 8, 2011.
5. ↑ Detailed information on the film ( memento from July 22, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) in the DVD news from arte , accessed on February 8, 2011.
6. ↑ LEANING INTO THE WIND. A film by Thomas Riedelsheimer (RIVERS AND TIDES). Retrieved December 24, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Rainer Gansera: Gone with the Wind. Documentary about the nature artist Andy Goldsworthy. Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 15, 2017
8. ^ Andy Goldsworthy at Storm King Art Center . Storm King Art Center. 2000. Archived from the original on September 29, 2000. Retrieved June 24, 2007.
9. ↑ Andy Goldsworthy sculpture, Stone River , enters Stanford University's outdoor art collection . Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University . September 4, 2001. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved on November 10, 2010.
10. ^ Andy Goldsworthy: Arch at Goodwood, 2002 . Cass Sculpture Foundation. Archived from the original on February 4, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
11. ^ Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof . Metropolitan Museum of Art . 2004. Retrieved June 24, 2007.
12. ^ Andy Goldsworthy: Early Works: Leaves, Twigs, Enormous Snowballs and Icicles ... Andy Goldsworthy's Sculptures are Inherently Surprising and Beautiful , BBC . May 4, 2005. Andy Goldsworthy: Nature and Art Combine when the Early Works of the Internationally Renowned Artist Andy Goldsworthy come to Fairfields Art Center in Basingstoke , BBC. September 20, 2005.   
13. ↑ The Andy Goldsworthy Project: January 22 - May 15, 2005 . National Gallery of Art . 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
14. ^ Andy Goldsworthy: Roof . National Gallery of Art . Retrieved November 10, 2010.
15. ↑ Stewart Oksenhorn: A Wall of integration, Not Division , Aspen Times Weekly . September 23, 2006. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved on February 21, 2009. 
16. ↑ Gary (photographer) Calton: Andy Goldsworthy at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park , The Observer . March 11, 2007. Andy Goldsworthy . Yorkshire Sculpture Park . Archived from the original on June 18, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2010.