‘A compelling and inspirational look at nature’ – Daily Express

‘Beautiful and intriguing, this is a book to delight not only Goldsworthy’s many admirers, but anyone with a passion for the natural world’ – Aberdeen Press & Journal

In Wood, Andy Goldsworthy evokes ideas of growth, of perpetual change and transformation through works made of leaves, branches, ice, snow, boulders, sand. Much of his art is ephemeral: what has been drawn from nature will sooner or later merge with it again.

Six sections – Earth, Seed, Root, Branch, Leaf and Tree – each include extracts from the artist’s working diaries.

Wood culminates in an intimate revelation of the relationship between the artist and a particular corner of landscape in his home territory. A vast, ancient oak tree provokes rich responses as the seasons ebb and flow. The Capenoch Tree is a triumphant expression of the strong impulse now evident in Goldsworthy’s work to allow one work to lead quite directly to the next, for the dismantling of one sculpture to be the first stage in creating a new one.

Woven through the book are intriguing glimpses of a ballet, Végétal, in which dancers build, dismantle and rebuild versions of Goldsworthy’s sculptures on stage – a collaboration which draws fascinating parallels between dance and the process of making sculptures.

Andy Goldsworthy, an internationally renowned land artist, was born in Chesire in 1956. There are regular exhibitions of his work in Britain, France the United States and elsewhere. Thames & Hudson has published many of his books, including Passage, Time, Hand to Earth and Wall.

Also of interest

Time Andy Goldsworthy
Wall Andy Goldsworthy
Enclosure Andy Goldsworthy
Song of the Earth: European Artists and the Landscape