| April 04, 2008
Art according to Princeton is: a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation. Andy Goldsworthy's art is a beautiful example of learning, studying, and observation. Except his master is nature and his only tools are his hands, camera and found objects.
In his own words:
"Looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another begins. The energy and space around a material are as important as the energy and space within. The weather--rain, sun, snow, hail, mist, calm--is that external space made visible. When I touch a rock, I am touching and working the space around it. It is not independent of its surroundings, and the way it sits tells how it came to be there."
If you have an opportunity you should check out the film: Rivers and Tides
Link: Andy Goldsworthy Catalogue
Tags: art, fine art, nature, sculpture
Topic: Fine Art
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