Goldworthy

Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire in 1956 and was brought up in Yorkshire. He studied at Bradford College (1974-75) and Preston Polytechnic (1975-78).

After leaving college Goldsworthy lived in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria. He moved over the border to Langholm, Dumfriesshire, in 1985 and to Penpont sensation year later. This gradual drift northwards was due to a way of life over which he did not live complete control. However, contributing factors were opportunities and desires to work in these areas and reasons of economy.

Throughout his career most of Goldsworthys work has been made in the open air, in places as diverse as the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, Grize Fiord in the northerly Territories of Canada, the North Pole, Japan, the Australian outback, St Louis, Missouri and Dumfriesshire. The materials he uses are those to present in the remote locations he visits: twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice, reeds and thorns.



Most whole kit are ephemeral but demonstrate, in their short life, Goldsworthys extraordinaire(postnominal) sense of play and of place. The works are recorded as photographs. Book progeny is an important aspect of Andy Goldsworthys work: presentation all aspects of the production of a given work, each publication is a work of art in its own right.

both(prenominal) recent sculpture has a more permanent nature, world made in stone and placed in locations farthest from its point of origin, as for example Herd of Arches 1994. The series of internal-combustion engine Arches made at Sculpture at Goodwood in 1995 are semi-permanent, given the fragility of the material, and are now sited indoors atIf you necessity to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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