{"id":8699,"date":"2012-06-06T08:28:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T12:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=8699"},"modified":"2022-04-11T14:18:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:18:55","slug":"ephemeral-collaborations-with-nature-andy-goldsworthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/8699\/ephemeral-collaborations-with-nature-andy-goldsworthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Goldsworthy \u2013\u00a0Ephemeral Collaborations With Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GoldsworthyRainbow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8700\" title=\"GoldsworthyRainbow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GoldsworthyRainbow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/andy-goldworthy-rain-shadow-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8701\" title=\"andy-goldworthy-rain-shadow-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/andy-goldworthy-rain-shadow-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"564\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAndy Goldsworthy considers his sculptures collaborations with nature.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Goldsworthy\u2019s pieces that don\u2019t persist that impress me most. Why? It\u2019s not because they reverse traditional expectations, that through art an individual and culture achieves extended longevity if not immortality. It\u2019s because Goldsworthy is free to interact with and interpret the landscape without removing this possibility for us. In many ways, his work is an invitation for all of us to participate with land in a similar spirit on our own terms.<\/p>\n<p>I appreciate the irony that a majority of us see most of his work through photographs. In this respect an argument can be made that his primary medium is photography. Even if we have had direct experience with his work, our photographic experience of his work is more persistent. Over time, does the second-hand experience supersede the primary one? He\u2019s managed to use two mediums to complement and comment on each other, while shedding light on our relationships to land and our own identities.<\/p>\n<p>All of these are sentiments I resonate with strongly. What\u2019s more, I might have framed my self-identity more narrowly as a photographer only were it not for the inspiration of artists like Andy Goldsworthy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/category\/influences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find out more about my influences here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Goldsworthy considers his sculptures collaborations with nature. It\u2019s Goldsworthy\u2019s pieces that don\u2019t persist that impress me most. Why? It\u2019s not because they reverse traditional expectations, that through art an individual and culture achieves extended longevity if not immortality. 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