We were trained to relate to the world through abstraction first, which is why genuine contact can feel almost shocking — the resistance of material, the limits of the body, weather changing the terms of the day, another person remaining irreducibly themselves — all the ordinary ways reality reminds you it is alive and not merely the backdrop for your intentions.
This week's reflection: https://emotus.substack.com/p/daily-reflection-2025-05-21
Apologies for sharing a link to Facebook - I've not seen this elsewhere!
Andy Goldsworthy talking about his plans for the works which were in his wonderful show last year.
“I am so familiar with these branches now, and it really feels appropriate and right that they return here.” 🍂 After welcoming almost 100,000 visitors to Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years, we weren’t...
Rivers and Tides- Andy Goldsworthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7sZv4_0Fxg
Ich empfehle Ihnen wärmstens, sich den ganzen Film anzusehen. Er ist auf Netflix zu finden und heißt „Rivers and Tides”. Ein wunderbarer Film, der zum Entspannen einlädt. Das Video stammt nicht von mir, ich erhebe keinen Anspruch darauf. Ich musste ein dreiminütiges Video über einen Künstler meiner Wahl erstellen.
Walking through the avenue of branches at the fascinating - if somewhat pricey - Andy Goldsworthy exhibition at the RSA.
I liked this installation, to me it suggested some religious, ritual path from our ancient pagan history, when spirituality was more tied to Earth cycles.
Or a setting for a British folk-horror! The two are not incompatible 😀
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Off to the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition at the RSA. Damned expensive, but heard good things, so decided to treat myself
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/andy-goldsworthy-fifty-years
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★★★★★'...a stunning retrospective of ceaselessly inventive work.'The Telegraph ★★★★★'Monumental in every sense'The Herald ★★★★★'...plunges viewers into the raw sadness and beauty of rural life.'The Guardian ★★★★★'A portal to a wider place...'The Scotsman Immerse yourself in this major, large-scale exhibition by Andy Goldsworthy. This summer, the largest ever indoor exhibition by Andy Goldsworthy takes over the National Galleries of Scotland in the heart of Edinburgh. Featuring over 200 works, the show includes stunning installations made in response to the iconic Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) building, as well as drawings, photographs, films, sketchbooks and archival items dating back to the mid-1970s. Goldsworthy is internationally recognised for his work with natural materials such as clay, stones, reeds, branches, leaves, snow and ice. Over fifty years, he has created a unique and highly influential body of work that speaks of our relationship with the land. In Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years the land is brought indoors, in Scotland’s capital city. Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years has been conceived by the artist as a single immersive artwork in response to the space, materials and character of the RSA building. Occupying all of the upper rooms and most of the lower floor, the exhibition is at once beautiful and ambitious in scale. The interrelationship of humans and the working land is a recurrent theme in Goldsworthy’s art and in the exhibition. He often presents the land as a hard, hostile and brutal place. Fences and barriers feature prominently, in the form of rusted barbed wire stretched across a room, and a massive, cracked clay wall. As in nature, beauty and danger co-exist. While Andy Goldsworthy is one of the most celebrated figures in contemporary art, his work is seldom seen in exhibitions. He has completed outdoor commissions all around the world, from the Arctic Circle to Tasmania, but the inclusion of his work in museum shows is rare. Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years is by far the largest and most ambitious indoor exhibition of his work ever attempted. Never seen before and never to be seen again, this exhibition is set to cement Goldsworthy’s position as one of the leading artists of our time.
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More Andy Goldsworthy impressions. It's definitely worth a second or even more visits. The pieces evoke different impressions and associations every time. @nationalgalleriesscot
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@darkedinburgh A great quote from one of my favorite artists! TY!
The Andy Goldsworthy show was even better than I’d hoped. The transcendent hewn from ephemerality, from decay, from instability and insecurity. I was really struck by the clear and urgent sense that some of his work will outlast us all, and some of it will fade in the autumn’s gloom. There are so many things I want to say about this show, but not enough words (or at least I don’t have the words!).
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