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Enclosure
Reflecting Goldsworthys lifelong interest in the landscape of the British Isles, its history, and the people who work on it, "Enclosure" is a collection of ephemeral work that relates to sheep, including a spectacular series of large sheep paintings--made by the hoof-prints of sheep.
Hardcover, 168 pages
Published
December 1st 2007
by Harry N. Abrams
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Enclosure is the latest book collection of Andy Goldsworthy's work. Goldsworthy is an ephemeral artist, who works with items in nature, such as rocks, leaves, snow, and even the rain as it falls on the ground.
While Enclosure repeats some of the work that can be found in Goldsworthy's other book, Arch, Enclosure gives more details and insight into how Andy Goldsworthy plans his works and executes his sculptures. Enclosure focuses primarily on Goldsworthy's project to recreate sheepfolds in Northw...more
While Enclosure repeats some of the work that can be found in Goldsworthy's other book, Arch, Enclosure gives more details and insight into how Andy Goldsworthy plans his works and executes his sculptures. Enclosure focuses primarily on Goldsworthy's project to recreate sheepfolds in Northw...more
This book mainly explains the works Goldsworthy has done with his Sheepfolds project around Cumbria in England. Through the last couple decades he's worked to restore existing sheepfolds and produces new ones in an effort to restore the agricultural history of the land. A sheepfold is an enclosure of rock that shepherds used to use as a mean of rounding up the sheep in order to wash, clip or treat them back in the day.
There's a lot of his journal entries from during the time of building, which r...more
There's a lot of his journal entries from during the time of building, which r...more
Mar 27, 2008
Sally
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Ok, I haven't looked at any of Andy Goldsworthy's books, but I did watch one of his videos (well, really it was a DVD) last summer: Rivers and Tides. Here's the response that I wrote back then.
I am still transfixed.
And inspired.
I want to go outside and play with God.
I too want to make daisy chains
and send them down the river.
Could I ever have the patience
to stitch together with pine needles
a hundred-foot long chain of leaves?
But o to watch it swirling
in the currents and eddies of a river,
dancing...more
I am still transfixed.
And inspired.
I want to go outside and play with God.
I too want to make daisy chains
and send them down the river.
Could I ever have the patience
to stitch together with pine needles
a hundred-foot long chain of leaves?
But o to watch it swirling
in the currents and eddies of a river,
dancing...more
"My task is to draw together the things that are being said here in stone, walls, field and farm"
"I want to show the structure that lies within these piles. There is often a pattern to things that appear random and unconnected"
"I want to show the structure that lies within these piles. There is often a pattern to things that appear random and unconnected"
Nature sculptures captured on film before they meld back into their surroundings. Think about it.
Andy Goldsworthy's art is in its essence non-permanent, but at the same time I find it stays with me longer than the art by other people. This was both interesting to read and interesting to look at - I always find it fascinating to read how someone comes up with ideas like these, and how they are ultimately carried out.
as usual, beautiful and browsable. makes me want to get out and hike and create something. found while experimenting with a search engine. happy to find a new one!
He is my favorite artist of all time. His work is timeless and transcends any other art I've experienced. (swoon)
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Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist living in Scotland 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.
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