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Andy Goldsworthy

British sculptor and photographer · United Kingdom · Artists · Born 1956 · age 70

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Andy Goldsworthy is an English sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural or urban settings.

A life in dates

2007“One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist's entire life. What I've learned over the past 30 years is really beginning to inform what I make.”In their words24 March 2007He's got the whole world in his hands, The Telegraph (24 March 2007)

2001“Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work.”In their words4 September 2001Stone River Enters Stanford University's Outdoor Art Collection (4 September 2001)

“A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.”In their wordsInterview with Conrad Bodman, curator at the Barbican Arts Centre (2001)

“Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation.”In their wordsInterview with Conrad Bodman, curator at the Barbican Arts Centre (2001)

1997“You must have something new in a landscape as well as something old, something that's dying and something that's being born.”In their wordsFebruary 1997"Searching for the window into nature's soul" Smithsonian magazine (February 1997)

1995“My work comes first, reasons for it follow.”In their wordsApril 1995"Residency on Earth" in Art in America (April, 1995)

1956Born26 July 1956

Also in Deutsch

Photos 11

Sculpture by Goldsworthy in the National Museum of ScotlandSculpture by Goldsworthy in the National Museum of ScotlandBail Hill Striding Arch, one of four arches built by Goldsworthy in this area of ScotlandBail Hill Striding Arch, one of four arches built by Goldsworthy in this area of Scotland

In their own words 10

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Andy Goldsworthy
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10 statements, newest first

  1. I find some of my new works disturbing, just as I find nature as a whole disturbing.

    Mar 24, 2007, He's got the whole world in his hands, The Telegraph (24 March 2007), Own words

  2. One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist's entire life. What I've learned over the past 30 years is really beginning to inform what I make.

    Mar 24, 2007, He's got the whole world in his hands, The Telegraph (24 March 2007), Own words

  3. Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work.

    Sep 4, 2001, Stone River Enters Stanford University's Outdoor Art Collection (4 September 2001), Own words

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Awards

Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Cherry Kearton Medal and Award

In their orbit

Father: F. Allin Goldsworthy

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1956 · age 70

Artists from the United Kingdom 6

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