VIEWING ROOM
Andy Goldsworthy:
Ephemeral Works
An important part of his practice, Andy Goldsworthy’s signature ephemeral works are temporary sculptures lasting only a moment, incorporating materials collected on site—flowers and branches, dust and sheets of ice, wool shed by the sheep on nearby farms, as well as his own body.
“Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day,” the artist explains, “lies at the core of my art.” We experience these delicate sculptures and actions through Goldsworthy’s photographs, where they continue to endure long after their making.
Haines Gallery’s new viewing room showcases an exclusive presentation of ephemeral works by the famed UK artist, many of them created from his home in rural Scotland in the spring and summer of 2020.
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Andy Goldsworthy
Listen to Andy Goldsworthy discuss his practice in an interview with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air (2015)
Helen Pheby, Head of Curatorial Program, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Andy Goldsworthy
About the Artist
Andy Goldsworthy
b. 1956, UK
Lives and works in Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Andy Goldsworthy's work has been commissioned, collected, and exhibited by major museums around the world, including the Aspen Institute, CO; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY; Tate Museum, London, UK; Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK. He has been the subject of multiple monographs, as well as two critically acclaimed documentaries: Rivers and Tides and Leaning into the Wind.