Biography and artwork’s explication (Source : Andy Goldworthy site , Wikipedia) :
Andy Goldsworthy (born 26 July 1956) is a british sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and Land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland.
The materials used in Andy Goldsworthy’s art often include brightly-coloured flowers, leaves, mud, pinecones, snow, stone, twigs and thorns. He has been quoted as saying, « I think it’s incredibly brave to be working with flowers and leaves and petals. But I have to: I can’t edit the materials I work with. »
Photography plays a crucial role in his art due to its often ephemeral and transient nature. According to Goldsworthy, « Each work grows, stays, decays – integral parts of a cycle which the photograph shows at its heights, marking the moment when the work is most alive. There is an intensity about a work at its peak that I hope is expressed in the image. »
You can see here an extract of a movie called « River and Tides – Working with Time » (traduit « Le Fleuve et la marée – Travailler avec le temps » en français) about Andy Godsworthy, produced by Thomas Riedelsheimer.
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The Land Art 