This year we started with the theme of Place.
The problem to solve:
Create a work of art that shows Place.
What would you create?
We started by
Thinking of Places.
We had to think of at least three different ideas.
Each idea had to contain different materials (media), different techniques, use a realistic or abstract style, and use many different elements of art.
After choosing our best idea, and alot of hard work, here are some of the works of art we created!
Along with this project idea, we
studied the work of artist
Andy Goldsworthy.
Andy Goldsworthy is an environmental sculptor in which his use of the natural surroundings create an art form. He explores and experiments with various natural materiel such as leaves, grasses, stones, wood, sand, clay, ice, and snow. The seasons and weather determine the materials and the subject matter of his projects. With no preconceived ideas about what he will create, Goldsworthy relies on what nature will give him. Goldsworthy "feels" the energy from nature and transcends that energy into an art form. His transient sculptures contradict the permanence of art in its historical pretense.
Because of this mortality of nature, Goldsworthy uses the photograph as a form of documentation to capture the essence of his work. "Each work grows, stays, decays- integral parts of a cycle which the photograph shows at its height, marking the moment when the work is most alive. There is an intensity about a work at its peak that I hope is expressed in the image. Process and decay are implicit."-Andy Goldsworthy.
Andy Goldsworthy was born in 1956 in Chesire. He studied at Bradford Art College and Preston Polytechnic. Thereafter, he toured the world and experimented with the world's alternating climate and different geographical materials available. In 1986, he moved to Dumfriesshire, Scotland where he maintains his residency.
Goldsworthy's artwork reinforces the relationship of human existence within nature. His work shows that we as humans have some ability of controlling nature, but eventually, in the end, nature controls us.
http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/artartists/photoandy.html
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Rowan Leaves and Hole by Andy Goldsworthy image borrowed fromhttp:// www.morning-earth.org/ARTISTNATURALISTS/ AN_Goldsworthy.html |
Pebbles Broken and Scraped by Andy Goldsworthy image borrowed from http:// www.morningearth.org/ ARTISTNATURALISTS/ AN_Goldsworthy.html |
Ice Spiral: Treesoul by Andy Goldsworthy image borrowed from http:// www.morning-earth.org/ ARTISTNATURALISTS/ AN_Goldsworthy.html |
Here are some of the environmental works we created which were inspired by Goldsworthy's work!
Our trip to the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
To discover more about the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery click here
