Andy Goldsworthy notes

Question 1

artwork and date:

Answer 1

Ice spiral- tree soul 1987

Question 2

practice:

Answer 2

English postmodern sculptor: sources site specific materials, natural and no impact on environment: ephemeral –> documented by photographs

attention to natural environment, encouraged to be degraded by nature, transcience and fragility of nature, time, stability, change

Question 3

structural:

Answer 3

ice and saliva making spiral down towards stump base, spirals,

lines circles found naturally in nature

Question 4

cultural:

Answer 4

symbolises tree growth layer by layer, tree ring, easily decayed, documented by photographs, preparatory sketch

audience see nature and sublime beauty, time affects everything –> temporality within social construct

Question 5

postmodern:

Answer 5

not in traditional gallery space–> site specific installations, non traditional materals, allowed to be deconstructed by nature, interconnections with natural world