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Andy Goldsworthy

British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist (born )

Andy Goldsworthy OBE
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Born	() 25 July (age&#;68) Cheshire, England
Known&#;for	Sculpture, photography
Movement	Environmental art, land art
Spouse	Judith Gregson (divorced)
Partner	Tina Fiske
Children	4

Andy GoldsworthyOBE (born 25 July ) is an English sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural and urban settings.

Early life

Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire on 25 July , the son of Muriel (née Stanger) and F. Allin Goldsworthy (–), a former professor of applied mathematics at the University of Leeds.^[1]^[2] He grew up on the Harrogate side of Leeds. From the age of 13, he worked on farms as a labourer. He has likened the repetitive quality of farm tasks to the routine of making sculpture: "A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into

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This document provides biographical information about British artist Andy Goldsworthy, known for his site-specific sculptures and land art using natural materials. It details his background, education, career, art process involving natural elements, and major exhibitions and installations of his ephemeral and permanent works around the world.

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This document provides biographical data about British artist Andy Goldsworthy, known for his site-specific sculptures and nation art using natural materials. It details his background, education, career, art process involving natural elements, and major exhibitions and installations of his ephemeral and permanent works around the world.

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Summary of Andy Goldsworthy
A sculptor and photographer, Andy Goldsworthy not only works with nature, but in nature. Rather than building monumental constructions on or out of the land, Goldsworthy works almost telepathically with nature, rearranging its natural forms in such a way as to enhance rather than detract from their beauty. Often quite small in scale, his poetic site-specific pieces are made from ephemeral or organic materials - dandelion flowers lain in a ring or icicles perched on a rock - and then documented through gorgeous color photographs. Goldsworthy views the inevitable death and decay in his work as part of the life cycle - he takes an environmentalist's approach, lending an utmost respect toward the natural world as most of his pieces gradually fade away into the land from which they've come.
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The natural world (and all its myriad forms) is the artist's primary material. As a sculptor working with nature, Goldsworthy harnesses its limita