I have chosen to review Andy Goldsworthy and his piece “Hanging Hole.” Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire, England in 1956. As a young man, he did manual labor on local farms. He studied at both the Bradford School of Art from 1974-1975 and Preston Polytechnic in 1975. While there he listened to a presentation given by Richard Long who ultimately inspired him to create his natural artwork. He has been creating artistic works using the environment and ephemeral materials since the 1970s. In 1997 he created his first significant project titled “The Storm King” located in Mountainville, NY. He has created more than 70 pieces of art and exhibitions all over the world including the Canadian arctic, the streets of London, and Digne, France. All of his artwork is created using natural and ephemeral materials. He responds to natural environments and does not create anything he previously thought of, instead choosing to create whatever he is inspired by while in the space. He uses material like feathers, leaves, sticks, and stones to create his work, and then takes a picture of it to show later. Often he will take a picture of his completed work, and then return at a later date to photograph it again to show how it has changed and weathered. His photographs enhance a specific aspect of the sculpture by using special techniques and ways of photographing the space so that viewers will understand the work as they view the picture.
The piece by Goldsworthy that I am comparing to my own work of art, “Hanging web, catching dreams” is titled “Hanging Hole.” It was created May 1986 in Holbeck, Leeds. I chose to compare this work to my own work as they both have a web structure to them and both are hanging in the space, creating an unusual lo...
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...erhaps the feathers will catch the light and become shinier and more noticeable during this time period, giving viewers a sense of lightheartedness or hope. As the seasons change, the red thread will be up against the COMPLEMENTARY COLOR of the green leaves of the trees and bushes, and the feathers will allow the piece to continue moving even after leaves grow over the piece, continuing to make people notice it.
Overall, my goal was to create a piece that would soothe my worries about graduation and the future, and hopefully soothe other people’s worries as well. By creating my piece and using the colors and textures and materials I did, while placing it in a place that students walk by regularly, I hope I will achieve my goal. Goldsworthy inspired me in many different ways, and I think I created something from his inspiration to inspire others and assuage fears.
Rather it represented my efforts. Tackling an unideal situation head-on and using the distress it caused me as motivation are the trademarks of a growth mindset. People who have a growth mindset, in comparison to those with a fixed mindset, tend to have a better idea of who they are because they recognize their strengths and weaknesses (Dweck 11). Taking into account of their weaknesses is only part of the picture. Actively seeking to improve upon their faults, is what truly differentiates someone who believes that traits can be cultivated or are already carved in stone. Pushing past my failures produced success. That being said, how did I end freshman year fearlessly taking on new challenges to graduating high school as a content, unimproved writer?
Dexter, E. (1991). Richard Long: Tate Gallery, London - Sculpture, p. 67 . Retrieved from http://www.speronewestwater.com/cgi-bin/iowa/articles/record.html?record=61.
Christopher Green is a young artist based in London, United Kingdom and after completing university; he and a group of artists he lived with created a gallery space inside their house and curated shows open to the public from 2006 to 2007. It is a unique venture as it is a gallery where the art is produced in the same space and it is being shown but it is not a studio space. Over 11 months they exhibited and curated approximately 55 artists’ works in 9 exhibition shows. Although most of the house was in a state of run down, the gallery area maintained a white walled, brightly lit area though some rooms of the old Georgian town house still contained white washed fireplaces that adds a certain character and human touch that is not necessarily seen in a usual gallery space.
Comparing different works of art from one artist can help a person gain a better understanding of an artist and the purpose of their artwork. An artist’s works of art usually have similarities as well as differences when compared together. Sandy Skoglund is a photographer that stages entire rooms to create a scene for her photographs. Skoglund uses painting, sculpture, and photography to create her artwork. Due to the fact that most of her photographs are created in similar ways, almost all of her photographs have similar components represented throughout the photographs. Differences can be found in her artwork as well. Skoglund’s Revenge of The Goldfish, 1981 (Figure 1), is a popular work of art that is represented at the Akron Art Museum
Jones, Jonathan “Art that takes the piss out of the critic” 20 February 2008, http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/video/2008/feb/20/fountain.duchamp.tate
I chose this particular piece of art to critique because of the fact that I walk past it six times a week. The composition and its contents spoke to me, making me want to study it further. After all, North Bay is the city in which I grew up in and this painting contains some of North Bay’s history.
The lines in this sculpture are very crisp and sharp. Beginning from the left we begin to see an ideal flow of nature. A small column is on the top left corner and we see a vine beginning to spiral towards the bottom left corner. Other vines flow from the bottom left corner and they surround a horse. The horse also appears to be three dimensional. Around the horse’s torso, there are petal like structures as if the horse is leaping out of a flower or portal. More vines around the horse and a flower is attached to the bottom left vine. Attached the bottom left vine as well, appears to be an angel with a distressed expression on his face. A snake is wrapped around his left arm and he is holding the head
Andy Goldsworthy is one of my favorite artists. He is from Great Britain and uses nature to conceive his ideas. Goldsworthy studied fine art, just I’m doing, at Bradford College of Art. Now he is getting his Bachelor’s degree. He was in a documentary I saw called Rivers and Tides. I learned that in his life he married Judith Gregson and had four children, separated and now lives with Tina Fiske. He was a farmer since he was thirteen and says there is a rhythm to farming because of the repetition. One of his pieces that really hits me is Rowan Leaves & Hole. It is a circle of gradual colors of fiery leaves then a black circle in the middle. I love the mystery of it and they simplicity. It was photographed on photographed October 25th, 1987. This artwork explores the ephemeral of leaves, how the fleeting moment of color is so vivid then dies. It contrast with human life and the interaction humans have with nature. For the most part he uses monochromatic or analogous color schemes. In class we saw Red Cherry Leaf Patch, which is some what similar to Rowan Leaves & Hole because of t...
The book Holes by Louis Sachar is about Stanley Yelnat, a kid with a lot of bad luck. Stanley is convicted of a crime he did not commit. He is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp in the desert that has no lake. Stanley’s bad luck lands him at the camp and he feels that he carries a curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. Stanley and the other boys at the camp are forced to dig large holes in the dirt every day to 'build character' according to the Warden. Stanley begins to think that they are not digging holes to ‘build character’, but rather to find something hidden in the ground. Stanley goes on an adventure figuring out what they are digging holes for and what the warden is looking for. The story takes the reader on a journey to the past and back to
One of the shape that sticks out to me is Saint George head it is very circular in how it was created and so the shape you see is a circle. Another obvious thing that can be founded on the castle mostly you can see the rectangles on the building when you look at the windows and if you look closely at the horse you can see diamonds on the horse’s mantle. I would say that the sculpture is very light and that the sculpture is a source since it tell of a story through its actions. There is little color but most is dark color and there are the primary colors of red, orange and blue. Looking at the sculpture I can you tell you that the artist who made this was going for real texture when he created his piece. The sculpture space is of depth and perspective when you look at the sculpture the castle looks far away from where Saint George due to the fact that they placed the castle behind the horses tail which then they used the rocks to create the effect that the Saint George is further from the castle and is doing battle with the dragon. The sculpture has the effect of implied movement which means that from what I can see I can only assuming that in the sculpture I know he moving due to the fact that the artist put it clear when he made the sculpture in a moving way by having Saint George hold his lance sort of going down and the horse stepping on the rock as if he is moving to charge the dragon. From what I can tell the artist implied both unity and variety he uses unity through the rocks since they are very similar to each other to create the effect of unity and he uses variety with the horse and the castle and people they are all different but they bring the sculpture together. The
Henry Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was the most influential English sculptor of his generation. Examples of his masterpieces include “The reclining figure” “King and Queen” and “large interior form” all organic artworks that depict and emphasise the human figure in a new
I had been consistently avoiding anything and anyone that might jeopardize my decision. My usual passion and enthusiastic spark were gone, replaced by a deep longing to understand why, exactly, I had ever fallen in love with this painstaking art, committing my life to its perfection. The variation would take what was left of me, a discouraged and weary ballerina, and slowly reveal the silver lining to the complicated mess of my emotions.
Stepping upon a simple stage was the best thing I could have ever done. Overseeing the multitude that was there to witness my every word, every tremble, every emotion, and every heart beat, was then that I realized that the sentiment was real. It was essentially the end of time and I could not bear to hold back what I no intentions of doing. Cry. Tears of joy darted down my face as I walked across the stage and received my ultimate gift. With fancy inscription, my gift was entitled “Class of 2009”. I had just graduated.
It was one of the most exciting and nerve racking days of our lives. Although we were finally leaving high school, the feeling of being unsure didn’t go away. The whole day was full of practicing for the big moment when the entire class graduated on to a new beginning. All the girls wore shiny bright red robes and the guys were dressed in a shiny navy blue. Standing there, I had no idea what to expect. Some things I were aware of, my friends were leaving and we wouldn’t be the same friends anymore. My role was that of being so aware of the future that I was too shocked to soak in the present; being a pessimist was my main goal and everything I was sure of became true.
The time to breathe before advancing further in my future projects, the difficult moments instead of discouraging me, these moments give me motivation and the necessary energy to move forward. I am optimist but realistic. My parents taught me that we live in a world that is constantly changing and to succeed we need a smart plan and the ability to adapt and adjust to the changing world environment but more importantly one need to prepare one’s self to succeed. We need discipline and above all an unshakable will to resist difficulties when they happen. “An ongoing work of art” would probably be one of the best ways to describe my life. From very early on in life, I have learn that I can be the artist of my own life through guidance and hard work, I learned that we are the architecture of our life, the artist of our own destiny through work, commitment and determination. Every route taken or not taken will somehow impact our existence and leave a trail like a shooting star in the night sky, the beauty of the trail depends entirely on the nature of our actions in life. This is the first time in my existence I have had the opportunity to write the story of my life in detail. This exercise