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Born 1956 Cheshire, England. Known for: Sculpture-site specific environmental.
Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. Since 1986, he has lived in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He studied at Bradford Art College and Preston Polytechnic. He has... Read full biography
Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. Since 1986, he has lived in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He studied at Bradford Art College and Preston Polytechnic. He has traveled the world, including the North Pole, Australian outback, the United States and Japan,... Read full biography
Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. Since 1986, he has lived in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He studied at Bradford Art College and Preston Polytechnic. He has traveled the world, including the North Pole, Australian outback, the United States and Japan, experimenting with the differing climates and materials. Unlike artists for thousands of years seeking to make art that will survive, Goldsworthy, like many contemporary artists, thinks of his work as... Read full biography
Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. Since 1986, he has lived in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He studied at Bradford Art College and Preston Polytechnic. He has traveled the world, including the North Pole, Australian outback, the United States and Japan, experimenting with the differing climates and materials. Unlike artists for thousands of years seeking to make art that will survive, Goldsworthy, like many contemporary artists, thinks of his work as temporary. Upon completion of a work, he will take a photograph of it as documentation. His apparent purpose is to understand nature by using it as the material of his art, whether twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice, reeds and thorns. Goldsworthy comments... Read full biography
Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. Since 1986, he has lived in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He studied at Bradford Art College and Preston Polytechnic. He has traveled the world, including the North Pole, Australian outback, the United States and Japan, experimenting with the differing climates and materials. Unlike artists for thousands of years seeking to make art that will survive, Goldsworthy, like many contemporary artists, thinks of his work as temporary. Upon completion of a work, he will take a photograph of it as documentation. His apparent purpose is to understand nature by using it as the material of his art, whether twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice, reeds and thorns. Goldsworthy comments on his art: "I enjoy the freedom of just using my hands and 'found' tools--a sharp stone, the quill of a feather, thorns. I take the o... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Site Specific Artwork
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Environment
- •Nature, Environment, Botanicals, Conservation
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Storm King Art Center Sculpture Installation, New York
Added Description
- •Abstract Sculpture Specialty
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Site Santa Fe