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
connects energy life red round running taught vein worked
I have worked with this red all over the world-in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia-a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another.
acceptable breaking fact familiar hammer response stone violent
Breaking stone with a hammer is a familiar and acceptable way of working the material, but is in fact a more violent response than firing.
connections forget lost
We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.
pavement steps sitting
We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps.
time giving growth
Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them.
simple filters lenses
My approach to photograph is kept simple, almost routine. All work, good and bad, is documented. I use standard film, a standard lens and no filters. Each work grows, strays, decays-integral parts of a cycle which the photograph shows at its height, marking the moment when the work is most alive. There is an intensity about a work at its peak that I hope is expresses in the image. Process and decay are implicit.
rocks ice trying
As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.
performers
I'm not a performer, in that I don't like the public, but I work in that respect.
projects bigs finished
When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life.
flames fire heat
I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.
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.
simple artist ideas
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.
iron blood stones
The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red.