Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy (born 26 July 1956) is a British sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculpture and land-art situated in natural and urban settings. His art involves the use of natural and found objects, to create both temporary and permanent sculptures which draw out the character of their environment.

"I was always going to be an artist, since I was a kid, but the impact that farming had was tremendous. It's a very sculptural activity. Not just dry stone walls but stacking bales — big minimalist sculptures, beautiful and enormous. Plowing a field is drawing lines on the land, painting the fields — it's incredibly visual. And the dead animals. When you're a farm kid you see death all the time. When you see spring lambs hopping around the fields and then go round the back of the farm, there's a pile of dead lambs every year — that's the way it is. Dogs attacking sheep, raw brutal experiences and they've always remained in what I do." - Andy Goldsworthy






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