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The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.
Andy Goldsworthy
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Andy Goldsworthy
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 25
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Environmental Artist
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Sculptor
County Palatine of Chester
Andi Gōruzuwājī
Andrew Goldsworthy
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The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.
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The British climate, although it is very wet, it is quite mild in winter. We don't get these severe - generally don't get severe winters.
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In contact with materials, I can see so much more with my hands than I can just with my eyes. I'm a participant, not a spectator. I see myself both as an object and a material, and the human presence is really important to the landscapes in which I work.
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People are the nature of the city, and you can feel it in the pavement.
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We often forget that we are nature.
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I take the opportunity each day offers.
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Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned.
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Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.
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I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole.
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If I'm going to understand the land, I have to understand the wind, the snow, the rain, the leaves, the ice, and changes in temperature. It just reflects a reality for me.
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There's a huge number of things that are occurring with the ice works which fascinate me enormously, but it's driven by this kind of frantic race against time. And whilst that creates a huge amount of tension and problems, it's a tension that I think I feed off.
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I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.
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If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.
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I've laid down in dried up streambeds, leaving a shadow. And then, five minutes later, it's flash flooded, and where I once laid is now running water, which would've washed me away, you know? There's that power and danger often in places that look so calm and pastoral to begin with.
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