Environmental art
What is Environmental art?
Environmental art is art that has a connection to the environment. It could be outside in the garden etc.
Environmental art is art that has a connection to the environment. It could be outside in the garden etc.
First Artist: Andy Goldsworthy
The first environmental artist in this gallery is Andy Goldsworthy. Andy is a British sculptor, artist and photographer. He lives and works around Scotland. He uses nature and natural elements of the environment in his artworks. His goal is to understand nature by working with it.
Born: July 26, 1956
The first environmental artist in this gallery is Andy Goldsworthy. Andy is a British sculptor, artist and photographer. He lives and works around Scotland. He uses nature and natural elements of the environment in his artworks. His goal is to understand nature by working with it.
Born: July 26, 1956
The first of Goldsworthy's artworks in this gallery is 'Oak Leaves and Holes' of 1987. Andy uses leaves from Autumn to make the beautiful orange tone of the artwork. This is one of his many artworks where he solely uses natural materials, in this case leaves. It is not stated where the original copy of the artwork is being held but it can be viewed on numerous websites on the internet. So it's audience is worldwide.
This next artwork is 'icestar' of 1987. This artwork is largely unique and amazed me at how he actually put the icicles together in such a fashion. He used saliva. Going with the theme of being natural Andy Goldsworthy nailed it in this artwork. Using saliva, which is a natural element to paste other natural things together like ice is truly unique and different and you won't find it in many artists around the world of the current time. It's whereabouts are unknown but is free to view on many websites around the globe so the audience is endless and worldwide.
The third and final piece of Goldsworthy's work in this gallery is his 'Pebbles' 1985 St Abbs, Scotland artwork. Pebbles is another unique artwork of his. He uses methods such as scraping and breaking to create this piece. The swirling effect is also a cool effect of the artwork. he uses a white stone to make the stones have that half white tinge.
Second Artist: Robert Smithson
.The second environmental artist in this gallery is American Robert Smithson. He is most popular for his use of photography on often life sized landscape and environmental art.
Born: January 2nd 1938
Died: July, 20 1973
.The second environmental artist in this gallery is American Robert Smithson. He is most popular for his use of photography on often life sized landscape and environmental art.
Born: January 2nd 1938
Died: July, 20 1973
The first of Smithson's artworks is 'Spiral Jetty' of 1970. It is a massive piece of art with water coil 1500 long and 15 wide. It is made out of mud, salt crystals, rocks, pebbles and many more natural materials. He made this artwork as he believed that outdoor art was better than indoor galleries and stated that galleries "mausoleums for art" which is alien to real art. He also made it to promote his other interests such as biology, science and geology. To create the 457 metre long spiral, Smithson bulldozed material from the shore into the lake. it lies horizontal and makes the human spectator feel small, or perhaps contemplating the stars.
The second of Smithson's artwork in this gallery is 'Mirror Stratum' of 1966. The highly distinctive and identifiable pyramid shape is made by and with stacked mirrors on a Formica covered base. The reason for why this artwork was created is a well known phrase that is just above the sculpture in the New York Gallery. "Wall pitted by a single rifle shot".
The last of Smithson's pieces in this gallery is his 'non-site' piece of 1968. Non site had not simply been one installation but a few but we will only be exploring one. This piece took a while to make as Smithson traveled to various mines and industrial areas and zones to collect rocks, stones and soils used to make this. The intention was to bring the outside indoors and in a container instead of it being scattered outside like rocks and earth usually would be.
Final Artists: Jeanne-Claude and Christo
These two environmental artists Jeanne-Claude and Christo are two European artists who are a couple together. They have done many artworks.
These two environmental artists Jeanne-Claude and Christo are two European artists who are a couple together. They have done many artworks.
The first of their artworks is 'Wrapped Monuments' of 1970. In this artwork they have wrapped two Italian monuments. One of Vittorio Emmanuel and the other of Leonardo da Vinci. The materials used in this are pencil, fabric, twine, pestle, wax crayon and charcoal. It is very unique and I often wonder if they got into any trouble with the authorities for doing this or if they got permission.
The next of Jeanne-Claude and Christo's artworks and remaining in the theme of wrapping things is 'Wrapped Coast' of 1968-69. The materials used in this piece are pencil, ballpoint pen, fabric sample, fabric and technical data. it is very, very unique as it spans a very long way with an astounding million square feet.