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His work interacts with nature itself, using natural materials like trees and stone to form intricate sculptures.

Originally shaped by man from natural materials, they were torn from their purpose during the earthquakes, reborn in Goldsworthy’s sculpture and will gradually disintegrate over time to become one with the earth. Andy Goldsworthy (b.1956) is one of the most well-known and admired Land artists. But the Walking Wall created by the artist Andy Goldsworthy at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an attraction in its own right, recalling centuries of wall-building craftsmanship. Taking a Wall for a Walk by Andy Goldsworthy (b.1956), 1990, from The Forestry Commission. The transformation of one natural form (the sandstone) into another (that of a river or snake) is a prominent theme in Goldsworthy’s work his art echoes forms in nature.įashioned from sandstone blocks that feel from University buildings during the 19 earthquakes, Goldsworthy’s piece taps into the powerful cycle of destruction and rebirth. in diameter The National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C., USA This art piece consists of nine slate domes that are so large that the despite each dome being around the same size, the scale seems off. As a sculpture, this piece is both beautiful and unsettling. Andy Goldsworthy 2004-2005 Sculptor made of stone and wood Each dome is around 5.5 ft. This sensitive and detailed response to the land-former farmland in. From an elevated vantage point, beside the trench, the sculpture appears as both a beautifully curved natural form and a disturbingly life-like serpentine creature, filled with movement, simply waiting for its chance to slither forward. British artist Andy Goldsworthy, known for creating art outdoors and from natural materials, has now built a 2,278-foot stone wall at Storm King Art Center, a sculpture park on the Hudson River in Mountainville, New York. As if to emulate a riverbed, Goldsworthy’s wall has been set into an impression in the ground, which allows the viewer a range of perspectives. The work was built, in some parts, stone-by-stone upon the remnants of an old farm wall that Goldsworthy found in the woods overlooking Moodna Creek, at Storm.