Biography
Andy Goldsworthy is one of the most prominent and iconic sculptors of our time. For five decades, in photographs, sculptures, installations and films, Goldsworthy has documented his explorations of the effects of time, the relationship between humans and their natural surroundings, and the beauty in loss and in regeneration. Goldsworthy’s permanent projects and ephemeral works contrast in their scale, tension, and lifetime, but are unified through their responses to the environment and through an investigation into the landscape.
Recent permanent in situ installations by Goldsworthy include “Road Line”, College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine; “Walking Wall”, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; “Watershed”, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; “Stone Sea”, Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri; “Chaumont Cairn”, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France; “Path and Rising Stone”, Albright Knox Art Gallery, New York; and “Wood Line”, Presidio of San Francisco, California.
Goldsworthy is currently working on “Hanging Stones” in North York Moors, UK. In this ongoing project, ten existing buildings, all in varying states of disrepair, have been or will be rebuilt as artworks and connected by a six-mile walk encompassing Northdale, near Rosedale Abbey.
Other permanent works can be seen at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; de Young Museum, California; Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York; Storm King Art Center, New York; Stanford University, California; and Haute Provence Geological Reserve in Digne-les-Bains, France, among numerous other sites. Major solo exhibitions of Goldsworthy’s work have been presented by the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Neuberger Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California; and Des Moines Art Center, Illinois.
