Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy, OBEis 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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth26 July 1956
artist lines energy
The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.
land landscape social
It's just that when I work on someone else's land, it makes me aware of the social nature of that landscape.
forget
We often forget that we are nature...
skins quality stronger
The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply torn. The skin remained a recognisable part of the molten stone.
energy
Everything has the energy of its making inside it.
opportunity each-day offers
I take the opportunity each day offers.
land discipline people
I have six acres in front of my own house, which I very rarely work on. Most of the work occurs on farmers' fields around me. And I like the discipline of working on other people's land.
flames fire heat
I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.
stones form reconstruction
Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form.
promise tears flesh
The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break.
two growth stones
I go way beyond just the wood and stone but to the process of growth and farming and the tensions between the two.
stones tests collecting
I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.
fire stones heat
Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source.
mother firsts snowball
The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s.