As with all my work, whethe... by Andy Goldsworthy, a British Artist

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“As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.”

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Andy Goldsworthy

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Name: Andy Goldsworthy

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Jul 26, 1956

Profession: Artist

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Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

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As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.

Andy Goldsworthy

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I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.

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The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.

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Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures.

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