Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature documents ephemeral sculptures constructed entirely from found materials like river stones, colorful leaves, frozen icicles, and crooked twigs. The book showcases how the artist manipulates these elements to create geometric forms, such as woven branch spheres or stacked slate mounds, without using artificial tools or adhesives. High-resolution photographs capture the specific moment these structures interact with sunlight, tides, or wind before they naturally disintegrate. The text explains the physical process of balancing rocks and the inevitable decay of art left in the wild.
This volume serves landscape architects, photographers, and environmentalists interested in the intersection of human geometry and raw wilderness. Readers learn how to observe subtle shifts in regional light and seasonal textures. The collection provides a visual study of site-specific installations, shifting the focus from permanent museum objects to temporary outdoor interventions. By studying these images, an audience gains a technical understanding of gravity, moisture, and temperature as active participants in the creative process.
Balanced in tone; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
