While I continue to focus on prints, I will continue to bring striking examples of other visual art as I encounter them–mostly 2-d as I’m not really a sculpture buff, but in this case including 3-d works.
Starting in the 1960s, in connection with the environmental movement, artists (primarily in the US at that point) started writing about the relationship of art to the earth–in terms of materials used, in terms of installations that were harmonious with their environment, etc. They started creating art in accordance with these principles.
A few months back, I came across the work of a British land artist named Andy Goldsworthy. He does occasional indoor works, but the bulk of his work is outdoor with purely found materials from nature. For these outdoor exhibits (which are by their nature ephemeral), he will often use only his body and “found tools” (e.g. rocks). He documents and preserves the ephemeral outdoor work via photography, which is how we have anything to look at here. Rock balancing is one of his techniques, and he has been called the founder of modern rock balancing.
Given that this genre may not be so familiar to many people, I have selected several pieces to show today, illustrating the range of techniques and kinds of sculptures he creates.
𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨
