Essay On Andy Goldsworthy

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Andy Goldsworthy is one of the best artists because he has such a wonderful mind. He is creative with all his art pieces. I picked him because he enjoys working with nature and all his pieces are so beautiful. Also, not only is he a sculptor, but a photographer. He enjoys seeing how his art changes within time. He stated in the film we watched in class named Rivers and Tides, that all his work is temporary because they all deal with nature. I shall be discussing about Goldsworthy’s life, the reasons why I chose him and the wonderful benefits I received from taking this class.
The environmentalist artist Andy Goldsworthy was born on July 16, 1956 in Cheshire, England. Goldsworthy is not only a sculptor, but he is also a photographer. He currently lives in Scotland and continues to do his works there also. All of his works are based on nature. He uses from flowers to rocks. He is considered to be the master of balancing rocks. When Goldsworthy was young, he worked on farm doing manual labor. According to David Frankel, author of “Andy Goldsworthy” states that Goldsworthy became involved with being an environmentalist because he started working with Richard Long. Richard Long started to introduce his works that dealt with water, wood, flowers, …show more content…

For instance, I fell in love with his work named Dandelion Line because it is amazing how the dandelions got in a line. When even though individuals say that Dandelions are weeds, I really do like how this piece turned out. I got inspired to recreate that piece. Also, Goldsworthy worked in farm labor and I know how hard it was to work in farm labor. Farm labor not an easy job because it is hot, dirty, and tiring. The fact that Andy got inspired by another artist is just very interesting. All of his works are really nice because even though the piece breaks down he never quits and keeps working at it and gets it to its desired

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