Landscape and the natural world are also central to Andy Goldworthy’s work for which he has an international reputation. He gathers natural materials at his chosen location which he often uses to make ephemeral structures which he then photographs. Here he has used ragwort and nettle stalks found at Brough, Cumbria, to make these geometric shapes which he photographed against the snow.
Ragwort and Nettle Stalks 15th December 1981 photographic print by Andy Goldsworthy (1956-).
Geometric shapes formed from ragwort and nettle stalks in a snow covered landscape at Brough, Cumbria. Goldsworthy found the ragwort and nettle stalks at the location, created the geometric shapes and then photographed the work.
This work was commissioned for the Presences of Nature exhibition at Tullie House in 1981. Goldsworthy has an international reputation. He trained at Bradford College 1974-74 and Preston Polytechnic 1975-78 and has lived in Dumfries and Galloway since 1985. Goldsworthy makes most of his work in the open air both in the UK and internationally. He uses materials he finds at the location such as twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice. Much of his work has a sense of place. Most of his work is ephemeral but he also makes some permanent structures. The works are recorded as photographs and often published in book form.
There are these inscriptions on the exhibit:
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery collection, purchased from the artist with the generous assistance of the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund 1981
Image © Andy Goldsworthy
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