Midsummer Snowballs : Andy Goldsworthy

Goldsworthy, Andy; Collins, Judith

ISBN 10: 0810906244 / ISBN 13: 9780810906242

Published by Harry N Abrams Inc, New York, 2001

About this Item

157 pages 280 illustrations in color. Minor soiling to the endpapers, a bit of edge wear otherwise fine. Introduction by Judith Collins.

Seller Inventory # 017496

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Midsummer Snowballs : Andy Goldsworthy
• Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810906244
• ISBN 13: 9780810906242
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art: Sculpture
  • Art: Monographs

About this title

Synopsis

Just after midnight on June 21, 2000, Midsummer Day, Andy Goldsworthy supervised the unloading of 13 huge snowballs from refrigerated trucks onto the streets of London. What took place as an astonished public came upon these snowballs--each several feet in diameter and weighing about a ton--is captured in spontaneous and evocative pictures taken by photographers working around the clock. Here, then, is the story of Goldsworthy's largest ephemeral work to date. Made in one century and unwrapped to melt very slowly in the next, this is four-dimensional sculpture in which the lifespan and history of the snowballs are as important as their appearance at any moment. As Judith Collins explains in her introduction, and Goldsworthy in his diaries, this is a natural progression from his previous work with snow. Goldsworthy presents a unique confrontation between the wilderness and the city--snowballs made in the Scottish winter brought to the streets of London in the summertime. More than 100 photographs in full color, 144 pages, 8 x 10"

About the Author

Judith Collins was until 2000 Senior Curator of 20th Century British Art at the Tate Gallery, London. As well as lecturing and broadcasting, she has also written widely on 20th century British artists and on various aspects of modern British art and design.