Andy Goldsworthy: Natural Man
With the painstaking attention of a fine jeweler, Andy Goldsworthy crafts artworks out of natural materials, including his own body. All of his pieces are designed to disappear as nature takes its course: Ice melts, wind blows, and rain falls, factors that shape how viewers experience Goldsworthy’s constructions over the course of their temporary life spans. The British artist is constantly working, an obsession depicted in his photographs of close to 200 works created over a ten-year period and assembled in the voluminous new book Andy Goldsworthy: Ephemeral Works, 2004–2014 (Abrams, $85). Overlapping with the book’s publication is a show at New York’s Galerie Lelong called “Andy Goldsworthy: Leaning into the Wind,” which features photographs of old and recent work involving the artist’s body. The exhibit is on view through December 12.