Art of Andy Goldsworthy (Sculptors) - Softcover

Malpas, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861714394 ISBN 13: 9781861714398

Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

THE ART OF ANDY GOLDSWORTHY Revised and updated, with new illustrations This is the most comprehensive and detailed study of British artist Andy Goldsworthy, and is the only full-length exploration of Goldsworthy and his art available anywhere. The book has been completely rewritten and brought up to date for this new edition. Andy Goldsworthy makes land or earth art out of, among other materials, stacks of rocks, or stalks tied together, or mud thrown into rivers or poppy petals wrapped around boulders. His art is a sensitive, intuitive response to nature, light, time, growth, the seasons and the earth. Fully illustrated, with a revised text. Bibliography and notes. 348pp. ISBN 9781861714398. Also available in hardback. www.crmoon.com REVIEW ON AMAZON A happily received gift. It's worth the price for one who wants a scholarly while earthy (sorry, couldn't help it) approach to the work. There's a quirkiness about the writing style that is engaging and honest. I'm glad I have the book and will reread it as I purchase other books on Goldsworthy where the work is shown via great photography. REVIEW ON AMAZON This is a chatty informational book. It has stories of many artists that have been associated with Andy Goldsworthy in his long career as a contemporary nature sculptor. If you are looking for a personal history this is a book for you. REVIEW ON AMAZON I'm no expert on visual art, nor would I claim to be, but I found this to be a useful book, and the only one I've been able to find about the work of Andy Goldsworthy. The author has taken the time to round up a large amount of varied source material which makes this book well worth seeking out. THE ART OF ANDY GOLDSWORTHY CONTENTS Acknowledgements 13 Abbreviations 15 Introduction 21 1 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: LIFE AND WORK 27 1 : Life · 2 : Works · 3: Critics of Andy Goldsworthy's Art 2 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY AND SCULPTURE IN THE MODERN ERA 41 1 : Andy Goldsworthy and Women Sculptors · 2 : Sixties Minimal and Postminimal Art · 3 : Constantin Brancusi, Andy Goldsworthy and Postwar Sculpture · 4 : Sugarman, Noguchi, Pomodoro, Samaras · 5 : Kinetic Sculpture · 6 : Light and Space 3 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY AND LAND ART 59 1 : The Spirit of Place · 2 : The Pollen Path: Art and Life · 3 : The Alchemy of Matter · 4 : The Economics of Land Art · 5 : The Object in Land Art and Minimal Art · 6 : Land Art and Conceptual Art · 7 : Land Art and Photography · 8 : Interior and Exterior Art · 9 : Land Art and Change · 10 : Land Art and Religion · 11 : Circles · 12 : Gender and Scale in Land Art · 13 : Land Art and British Sculpture · 14 : The British Landscape Tradition 4 LAND ARTISTS IN BRITAIN, EUROPE AND AMERICA 107 1 : Robert Smithson · 2 : Dennis Oppenheim · 3 : Robert Morris · 4 : Carl Andre · 5 : Michael Heizer · 6 : James Turrell · 7 : Nancy Holt · 8 : Alice Aycock · 9 : Mary Miss · 10 : Walter De Maria · 11 : Other American Earth Artists · 12 : Christo · 13 : Hans Haacke · 14 : Richard Long · 15 : David Nash · 16 : Chris Drury · 17 : Other British Land Artists 5 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: WHOLE EARTH ARTIST 173 6 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY 183 7 COLOUR AND DECORATION 189 1 : Andy Goldsworthy's Art and Decorative Art · 2 : Colour in Andy Goldsworthy's Art 8 TREES, TIDES, PLANTS AND HOLES 203 1 : Living Plants · 2 : Trees · 3 : The Black Hole · 4 : Tides 9 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY THE SNOW MAN 213 1 : Andy Goldsworthy and Snow · 2 : Touching North · 3 : Snowballs In Summer 1 0 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY THE GREEN MAN 223 1 1 INSTALLATIONS AND LARGE-SCALE WORKS 231 1 : Stone and Herd of Arches · 2 : The Capenoch Tree Series · 3 : Large-Scale Works and Installations · 4 : Maze · 5 : Passage · 6 : Garden of Stone · 7 : Cairns · 8 : Three Cairns · 9 : Walls · 10 : Sheepfolds · 11 : Arches · 12 : Digne 1 2 SPIRITUALITY AND SCULPTURE 261 1 3 TIME IN ANDY GOLDSWORTHY'S ART 269 List of Works 285 Notes 291 Bibliography 309 Illustrations 329

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About the Author:

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY William Malpas has written books on Richard Long and land art, as well as three books on Andy Goldsworthy, including Andy Goldsworthy In America. Malpas's books on Richard Long and Andy Goldsworthy are the only full-length studies of these artists available.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1861714394
• ISBN 13: 9781861714398
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 348