Product Description

Time, always an element in the work of Andy Goldsworthy - both as a medium and as a metaphor - is celebrated in this book. Text contributions are compiled from Goldsworthy's own diaries of visits to five locations in North America and Europe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #174365 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 204 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
In his first major publication for four years (excepting the smaller, project-led Arch and Wall), Andy Goldsworthy examines the complementary dimension in his work to the sheer physicality of Stone and Wood. The recent work included here is at once new and recognisable: an illustrated chronology by curator and long-time admirer Terry Friedman reveals themes that he has revisited and variegated over 25 years, and to which time has lent an increasingly influential angle, while remaining rooted in the British landscape. The creation of a work a day connects up his life in a continuous artistic narrative, while his earthy materials often draw on centuries of artisan heritage, while embracing seasonal change. The issue of power is fundamental to his working: there is a sense in which he plays God with the potential of his resources, and for the observer, some of the magic lies in the split moment when one sees his instilled order without mental recourse to his hand. The effect can be strikingly epiphanic. At the other end of the spectrum, his communion with the elements puts him at their mercy, subjugating to their will, and investing his creations with an unpredictability fundamental to his intention. Snow melts, ice collapses, clay cracks, wind blows; he is "nurturing" rather than "forcing" a form into being.

The photographic records are sublime, and vital to his ephemerality, whether in Montreal, Digne, Nova Scotia, Holland, New Mexico or Cornell. The accompanying text, a continuing dialogue for Goldsworthy, explores still further his familiar conceits, though diary excerpts give evidence of the toil behind the beauty, and bring out the unpredictability of his work, from which he unflaggingly draws inspiration, whether on a beach, in a river, in a wood, or in a gallery. One is left with an intuitively organic sense of continuity, of which this absorbing and lavish volume is itself a record of regenerative temporality: "What I have made so far gives me a strong sense of the work yet to come." --David Vincent

Customer Reviews

A beautiful and inspiring book
I first came across the work of Andy Goldworthy a couple of years ago, and from then on I have been a devoted follower of his work. His natural forms and the way in which he manipulates nature is awe-inspiring, and it is often hard to believe his photographs are entirely natural. 'TIME' is a beautiful compilation of some of Andy Goldsworthy's most recent work, incorporating pieces he has created in far flung places of the world including Nova Scotia, Montreal and Holland. Each page provides a new and exciting look at the natural world around us, and it certainly makes one look at nature in a whole new light. His pictures are also accompanied by extracts taken from his diaries, revealing the personal thought and reason behind each work. An amazing book that you can never tire of. If ever there was a perfect book to keep on your coffee table, this is the one!

very good quality of work
Over all an excellent book with many facinating sculptures including some great sand work and the clay wall (cover pic). All with the usual high quality photgraphy. Best bit has to be the summery of his work to date over the last pages which, though brief, gives a good insight into the wealth of his diverse work to date.

astounding
i am currently a sixth form student studying art as an a2 level and when first looked at goldsworthys work i was absoloutley ASTOUNDED. the ideas from his book helped me get an a grade in my as levels. i think his work is brilliantly original and i love all of the materials he uses.