Thursday, February 17, 2011

Andy Goldsworthy (Contemporary)


Biography: 
-Birthdate: July 26, 1956... 54 years old.
-Country & State of residence: Andy was born in Cheshire, England and grew up in Yorkshire. Growing up he worked on a farm from the age of 13.
-Education: He studied at Bradford college of Art where he majored in fine art. 
-Creations:




-Significance: Andy is a sculptor as well as a photographer. He uses natural elements like: rocks, grass, leaves, trees, bark, dirt, twigs, flowers, snow, ice, and water to create over the top land art. 
-Composition: Andy uses a lot of circles, arches, and squares in his sculptures. He uses the rule of thirds and tends of use a center composition in a lot of his photography.
-Concept/Aboutness/Idea: And creates a piece of land art out of natural elements. Sometime the sculptures/land art is over the top or it's something very simple. It's can be on a very large or very small scale. Andy then uses these creations from his photography. 
-Method:Important techniques include sculpture and construction and natural lighting. 
Motivations: Andy is inspired by nature, seasons, naturally found elements, and the natural changes the earth goes through. 
-Your Opinion: I like the sculptures he creates the best and his inspiration behind the pieces.

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