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Summary: Wow
Review: Nature is still a better artist, but Goldsworthy is a hell of a competitor!
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Summary: A remarkable merging of vision and patience, art and nature.
Review: The work of Andy Goldsworthy is an inspirational meditation. He begins by going into nature and observing what is already there -- the subtleties of colors, the slight variance between similar rocks or twigs or leaves, the light and the texture. He then patiently creates each sculpture, laying a sense of order where none had been before.Most inspirational to my soul is how he couples his artistic vision of the beauty intrinsic in nature, coupled with his patience to modify and follow through. He shows us what is possible if we can imagine it, can think through how it should be done, and have the patience to work with nature to create it. Some pieces take him days of collecting rocks, or sorting leaves by color, or patiently allowing one icicle to freeze to another. Sometimes his work is lost to wind or animals or the sun and he must start over. But he continues on to build the structure and the order that he sees in his mind's eye, working within nature, and creating something that is almost supernatural. Each person I've shown this book to has been absorbed and amazed. It's the one I give as gifts so spread the word of the work of Andy Goldsworthy.
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Summary: Andy Goldsworthy is a Genius!
Review: This book is filled with beautiful pictures of natural wonders- with a little help from Mr. Goldsworthy's mind! He uses leaves, stones, wood, snow, and just about everything else-to make beautiful designs that require a mere hammer, pair of scissors, or nothing at all- but a little imagination! It so reminded me of the "Play With Your Food" book, by Joost Elffers. A wonderful book for any nature lover! -Robin
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Summary: WOW!
Review: This book is truely inspirational. It is one you will go back to time and again. It is soothing when you feel stressed. I would not part with it. It makes a great gift for anyone who appreciates nature or art.
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Summary: Great Ideas
Review: this is a wonderfull book. It is filled with some of the greatest ideas i've seen. A must for any artist.
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Summary: An Astonishingly Spiritual Artist
Review: This is probably the best overall look at Goldsworthy's work, which seems to me a perfect fusion of fin de siecle themes of impermanence, detachment from nature, and art as performance. His work is profoundly beautiful, profoundly intellectual, and vital. It's a great collection of photographs by a great artist. Everyone I've ever shown this volume to winds up being rhapsodic, and a convert.
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Summary: man+nature=art
Review: This is well worth the price of a big coffee table art book. Most of the people who see this book ask "how did he do that?" Indeed, it is amazing how Goldsworthy is able to play with nature to reflect his artistic visions, while still showing a reverence for his medium. He creates art where he finds inspiration, without any tools other than what he finds on site. These photographs are beautiful mementos of his ephemeral artwork.
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Summary: man+nature=art
Review: This is well worth the price of a big coffee table art book. Most of the people who see this book ask "how did he do that?" Indeed, it is amazing how Goldsworthy is able to play with nature to reflect his artistic visions, while still showing a reverence for his medium. He creates art where he finds inspiration, without any tools other than what he finds on site. These photographs are beautiful mementos of his ephemeral artwork.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE / A GREAT GIFT
Review: Whether you are an art enthusiast or not, this book is a must have for those that appreciate not only art, but beauty in life, nature, and the spirit. Andy Goldsworthy cleverly manipulates the legos of nature and creates a myriad of dynamic and simplistic designs that show his spirit. You will be "wow'd" by this book. It would make a great gift for any occasion or age.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE / A GREAT GIFT
Review: Whether you are an art enthusiast or not, this book is a must have for those that appreciate not only art, but beauty in life, nature, and the spirit. Andy Goldsworthy cleverly manipulates the legos of nature and creates a myriad of dynamic and simplistic designs that show his spirit. You will be "wow'd" by this book. It would make a great gift for any occasion or age.
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