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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