My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made.
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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. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work.
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Birth: | 26th July, 1956 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Environmentalist, Photographer, Sculptor |
Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland. Goldsworthy studied fine art at Bradford College of Art and at Preston Polytechnic in Preston, Lancashire, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from the latter. In 1993, he received an honorary degree from the University of Bradford. He is currently an A.D. White Professor-At-Large at Cornell University. Photography plays a crucial role in his art due to its often ephemeral and transient state.
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