Andy Goldsworthy studied fine art at Bradford College of Art (1974–1975) and at Preston Polytechnic (1975–1978) receiving his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the latter. After leaving college, he lived in Yorkshire, Lancashire and cumbria. He decribed his moving further Northward as being 'due to a way of life over which he did not have complete control'. He is most famous for his work in nature, which slowly dissapears over time and so needs to be photographed to be researved. 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.
The materials used in his work often include brightly coloured flowers, sticks or pieces of wood, icecles, leaves and mud.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." To create his work, it has been said that he often uses his bare hands, teeth and found tools to prepare and arrange the materials.
Review of an individual sculpture;
The materials used in his work often include brightly coloured flowers, sticks or pieces of wood, icecles, leaves and mud.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." To create his work, it has been said that he often uses his bare hands, teeth and found tools to prepare and arrange the materials.
Review of an individual sculpture;
From 'Rivers and Tides'. This piece is primarily made from leaves and mud, which Goldsworthy has painted to create this 'colour wheel' style sculpture. The main colours used in this piece are shades of red, yellow and black. The sculpture gives the impression that it is dissending into a black hole and if stood directly abvove can give the affect of being sucked into it. As this is a temparey piece, which has now decayed into the ground, I do not know the size of the sculpture, however I think it would have been quite large, due to the amount of leaves. I particularly like this piece as I feel that the colours and shapes of the sculpture connote the sun set, but the inside of a sunset. This may be why the black hole in the middle may look like space or a black hole. If I saw this in an open woodland, I would be initially shocked by it, but also extremely curious due to it being along nature, but associating itself with surrealism.
My personal opinion of Goldsworthy's work is that I appreciate his original concepts, particularly his concept that his art can decay and become part of nature over time, but can be preserved using photography. I think some of the ways he creates art, such as using his teeth and bare hands to produce shapes and patterns, can be applied to my own work. This may encourage me to steer away from using technical editing and use a much more unique and organic way to distort images.
As an instillation artist, his environment is his art work, I can also learn from this concept to create a area to exhibit my work which is appropriate to the project theme.
Bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy
http://www.ucblueash.edu/artcomm/web/w2005_2006/maria_Goldsworthy/TEST/index.html
http://192.168.24.51:15871/cgi-bin/blockpage.cgi?ws-session=3204785580
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