This sculpture is a sort of stone cairn in the shape of a pine cone, fashioned from layered sheets of slate. It was created for the 3rd Biennale de Sculpture de Monte-Carlo in 1991, and has been on display in the Jardin de la Petite Afrique ever since. Land art works with natural elements and is...
This sculpture is a sort of stone cairn in the shape of a pine cone, fashioned from layered sheets of slate. It was created for the 3rd Biennale de Sculpture de Monte-Carlo in 1991, and has been on display in the Jardin de la Petite Afrique ever since. Land art works with natural elements and is exhibited in-situ, rather than in a museum setting. This “temporary art” is perfectly integrated into its surroundings, without human intervention. It is subject to the ravages of time, and in a way evokes the fleeting nature of life itself.
Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor and photographer born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. He was a student at Bradford College of Art in 1974, before attending Preston Polytechnic in Lancaster where he studied Fine Art. He graduated in Bachelor of Arts in 1978. He is a leading proponent of land art and uses natural or recovered objects to create temporary and permanent sculptures in urban and natural environments. His work is guided by his instinct and seeks to express, even fleetingly, a union with nature. He works mostly with his bare hands. When time has swept the physical creations away, their images remain, in photographs compiled in books or exhibited at galleries in the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and Japan. He has taken part in a number of collective exhibitions, including at the Venice Biennale in 1988.
