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Early life
Career
History
An example of art work
Art process
Photography
Documentary films on Goldsworthy
Personal life
Awards
Exhibitions and installations Andy Goldsworthy in 2005
Publications Born 25 July 1956
See also Cheshire, England
Notes Nationality British
References Education Bradford College of
Further information Art (1974–1975);
Preston Polytechnic
External links
(now University of
Central Lancashire)
(1975–1978)
Early life
Known for Sculpture;
The son of F. Allin Goldsworthy (1929–2001), former professor of photography
applied mathematics at the University of Leeds. England, and Muriel Movement Environmental art and
(Stanger) Goldsworthy, Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire, land art
England in 1956.[1][2] He grew up on the Harrogate side of Leeds, in
the West Riding of Yorkshire. From the age of 13 he worked on farms Awards Scottish Arts Council
as a labourer. He has likened the repetitive quality of farm tasks to the Award (1987);
routine of making sculpture: "A lot of my work is like picking honorary degree from
potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it."[3] the University of
Bradford (1993); OBE
Goldsworthy studied fine art at Bradford College of Art (1974–75) (2000)
and at Preston Polytechnic (1975–78)[1] (now the University of
Central Lancashire) in Preston, Lancashire, receiving his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the latter.[4]
Career
History
In 2003,[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]
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.
Photography
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."[10]
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.[3]
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[4]
2000 – Appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)[3]
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Stanford, California,
USA
A national touring
exhibition from the
Haywood Gallery [18]
San Francisco
Publications
Andy Goldsworthy (1985). Rain, Sun, Snow, Hail, Mist, Calm: Photoworks by Andy
Goldsworthy. Leeds: Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture. ISBN 0-901981-24-9.
Andy Goldsworthy (1988). Parkland. [Yorkshire]: Yorkshire Sculpture Park. ISBN 1-871480-00-
0.
Andy Goldsworthy (1989). Touching North. London: Fabian Carlsson. ISBN 0-948274-06-9.
Andy Goldsworthy (1989). Leaves. London: Common Ground. ISBN 1-870364-07-4.
Andy Goldsworth (1990). Andy Goldsworthy. London: Viking. ISBN 0-670-83213-8.
Republished as Andy Goldsworthy (1990). Andy Goldsworthy : A Collaboration with Nature.
New York, N.Y.: H. N. Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-3351-9.
Andy Goldsworthy (1992). Ice and Snow Drawings : 1990–1992. Edinburgh: FruitMarket
Gallery. ISBN 0-947912-06-1.
Goldsworthy, Andy; Friedman, Terry (1993). Hand to Earth : Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture,
1976–1990. New York, N.Y.: H. N. Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-3420-5.
Andy Goldsworthy (1994). Stone. London: Viking. ISBN 0-670-85478-6.
text (1995). Black Stones, Red Pools : Dumfriesshire Winter 1994–5. Photographs by Andy
Goldsworthy. London: Pro Arte Foundation in association with Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art
Ltd. & Galerie Lelong, N.Y. ISBN 0-9525457-0-5.
Goldsworthy, Andy; Chettle, Steve; Nesbitt, Paul; Humphries, Andrew (1996). Sheepfolds.
London: Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd.
Andy Goldsworthy (1996). Wood. Introduction by Terry Friedman. London: Viking. ISBN 0-670-
87137-0.
Goldsworthy, Andy; Craig, David (1999). Arch. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-01933-
9.
Andy Goldsworthy. Chronology by Terry Friedman (2000). Time. London: Thames & Hudson.
ISBN 0-500-51026-1.
Goldsworthy, Andy; Thompson, Jerry L.; Storm King Art Center (2000). Wall at Storm King.
London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-01991-6.
Andy Goldsworthy. Introduction by Judith Collins (2001). Midsummer Snowballs. London:
Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-51065-2.
Andy Goldsworthy (2002). Andy Goldsworthy : Refuges D'Art. Lyon; Digne, France: Editions
Artha; Musée départemental de Digne. ISBN 2-84845-001-0.
Andy Goldsworthy (2004). Passage. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-51191-8.
Andy Goldsworthy (2007). Enclosure. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-09336-9.
Goldsworthy, Andy (2015). Andy Goldsworthy: Ephemeral Works: 2004–2014. New York: Harry
N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1419717796.
See also
Environmental art
Environmental sculpture
Greenmuseum.org
Land art
Rock balancing
Notes
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31027,00.html). The Observer. London.
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site-specific-art-commissioned-de-young/andy-goldsworthy-drawn-stone-2005)
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p://www.artinfo.com/news/story/1365/in-their-words-james-turrell-and-andy-goldsworthy/).
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9. Sooke, Alastair (24 March 2007). "He's got the whole world in his hands" (https://www.telegrap
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References
Adams, Tim (11 March 2007). "Natural talent" (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,20
31027,00.html). The Observer. London.
Biography of Andy Goldsworthy at the Cass Sculpture Foundation (https://web.archive.org/web/
20080312230709/http://www.sculpture.org.uk/biography/AndyGoldsworthy)
Biography of Andy Goldsworthy at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (http://www.ng
a.gov/cgi-bin/pbio?571670)
Sooke, Alastair (24 March 2007). "He's got the whole world in his hands" (https://www.telegrap
h.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/03/24/bagoldsworthy124.xml). The Daily Telegraph.
London.
Further information
Articles:
Beyst, Stefan (June 2002). "Andy Goldsworthy: The beauty of creation" (http://d-sites.net/englis
h/goldsworthy.htm). Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20070625083524/http://d-sites.net/e
nglish/goldsworthy.htm) from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2007.
Moore, Robbie. "Goldsworthy in stone" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070906051030/http://w
ww.specifier.com.au/pastissues/view/detailed/c/GoldsworthyinStone/id/6070). Specifier
Magazine. Archived from the original (http://www.specifier.com.au/pastissues/view/detailed/c/G
oldsworthyinStone/id/6070) on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2007.
Books:
Malpas, William (1995). Andy Goldsworthy: Touching Nature. Kidderminster: Crescent Moon.
ISBN 1-86171-049-6.
Malpas, William (1998). The Art of Andy Goldsworthy. Kidderminster: Crescent Moon. ISBN 1-
86171-032-1.
Malpas, William (2003). Andy Goldsworthy in Close-Up. Maidstone, Kent: Crescent Moon.
ISBN 1-86171-050-X.
Malpas, William (2008). Andy Goldsworthy: Pocket Guide. Maidstone, Kent: Crescent Moon.
ISBN 978-1-86171-241-7.
Film/Documentary
External links
General:
Art:
Online preview of the Andy Goldsworthy Digital Catalogue DVD Volume 1: 1976–1986 (http://w
ww.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk). 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 (https://web.archive.or
g/web/20070926221931/http://collections.sfmoma.org/Obj104420$12670)" (1999). Photograph
from the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
"Snowballs in Summer (http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/search/results.html?_creators=UL
AN33454&display=Goldsworthy%2c+Andy)" (2000), photographed in Charterhouse Square
and Smithfield Market in Smithfield, London, UK. Photographs from the Conway Collection,
Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
"Three Cairns (https://web.archive.org/web/20060908202357/http://www.desmoinesartcenter.or
g/dreampics/index.php?fuseaction=gallery.viewPhotos&exhibition_id=4&photo_id=263&page
Number=1)" (2002), Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, US.
Photographs by Andy Goldsworthy in the UK Government Art Collection (https://web.archive.or
g/web/20100808112305/http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/search/Artist.asp?maker_id=122429).
Photographs of Andy Goldsworthy's sculptures at Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/groups/andygol
dsworthy/pool/)
Andy Goldsworthy's Portfolio at the Cass Sculpture Foundation (https://web.archive.org/web/20
080204214544/http://www.sculpture.org.uk/portfolio/AndyGoldsworthy/)
SaveLandArt.org – Media Initiatives to Protect Land Art from Urbanization, Industry and
Overcuration. (https://web.archive.org/web/20110727235713/http://www.savelandart.org/)
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