THE ART OF ANDY GOLDSWORTHY
This is the most comprehensive and detailed study of British
artist Andy Goldsworthy, and is the only full-length exploration of
Goldsworthy and his art available anywhere. The book has been
completely rewritten and brought up to date for this new
edition.
Andy Goldsworthy makes land or earth art out of, among other
materials, stacks of rocks, or stalks tied together, or mud thrown
into rivers or poppy petals wrapped around boulders. His art is a
sensitive, intuitive response to nature, light, time, growth, the
seasons and the earth.
Fully illustrated, with a revised text. Bibliography and notes.
348pp. ISBN 9781861714106. www.crmoon.com
EXTRACT FROM THE CHAPTER ON GOLDSWORTHY'S LEAFWORKS
It is the leafworks that are the most colourful of Andy
Goldsworthy's sculptures. What the leaf sculptures show is how
beautiful the colours of nature are: Goldsworthy presents the
viewer with these subtle colours by contrasting one leaf with
another. Maple patch grouped the red/ orange/ yellow of Japanese
maple leaves together; Poppy leaves contrasted the red poppy leaves
against the mid-green of an elderberry bush; a Stone Wood sculpture
of 1992 consisted of poppy leaves wrapped around a hazel branch,
the red constrasting vividly with the wet green leaves. Two
sycamore leafworks of 1980 and 1981 are very simple: a leaf black
from cows is placed against pale Autumn leaves; another leaf,
bleached white, is set down on a bed of dark leaves. He pins
together two colours of sycamore leaves (sycamore is a favourite
Goldsworthy medium) in Sycamore leaf sections (1988), and hangs the
line of leaves from a tree. Shot with the sun behind them, the
photograph of the leaves shows them glowing green and gold, the two
classic colours of poetry and alchemy. The Fall colours of course
connote nostalgia, decadence, sensuality, Romanticism, time
passing, the decay of the year, and so on.
REVIEW ON AMAZON
A happily received gift. It's worth the price for one who wants
a scholarly while earthy (sorry, couldn't help it) approach to the
work. There's a quirkiness about the writing style that is engaging
and honest. I'm glad I have the book and will reread it as I
purchase other books on Goldsworthy where the work is shown via
great photography.
REVIEW ON AMAZON
This is a chatty informational book. It has stories of many
artists that have been associated with Andy Goldsworthy in his long
career as a contemporary nature sculptor. If you are looking for a
personal history this is a book for you.
REVIEW ON AMAZON
I'm no expert on visual art, nor would I claim to be, but I
found this to be a useful book, and the only one I've been able to
find about the work of Andy Goldsworthy. The author has taken the
time to round up a large amount of varied source material which
makes this book well worth seeking out.
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