. on the beach agate beach newport, oregon 25 jan 2020 . 1) drawing - quickly done because… 2) the waves were coming 3) looks deceptive, a nice bit of beach (zoom in and you’ll note surfers out at the breakers) 4) a few quick pieces up, looking for more 5) and then… 6) maybe five feet dry behind me 7) hey, look, a rock to build on . very high tides just now on the coast, 9.2 ft high tide slated for two hours AFTER these pictures were taken - no beach at all to stand on by then, logs are being pushed up against the cliff face. . #onthebeach #drawing #driftwood #burntwood #flotsam #stone #sculpture #onthebeach #hightide #ephemeralart #natureart #landart #newport #newportoregon #oregoncoast #pacificocean #pnw https://www.instagram.com/p/B7wVROTFR6e/?igshid=154adfbhptpoi
This print of Andy Goldsworthy’s ‘Flat frozen snow slab arch/collected from around cherry trees’ is offered in our Modern/British Art online sale until December 13. The artist’s materials include leaves, twigs, flower petals, sand, stone and snow, as visible in the present work. He often revisits key forms and the arch is a subject that he returns to and further explores throughout his work. Estimate: GBP 3,000 - 5,000. #landart #andygoldsworthy #britishart
Impressive and creepy and awe-inspiring. #berlin #history #memorial #sightseeing #berlintrip #art #cultureday #sculpture #landart #impressive #friendstime #adventuretime #learnnewthings #seeingnewplaces #awesomeweekend (at Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpcmsZ8itKN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3q6zafe9zxkp
‘Sun Tunnels’ is a land artwork created by Nancy Holt. It is composed of four giant, cylindrical, concrete structures formatted in a cross shape on the desert’s floor. The structure allows enough space for a viewer to walk inside without ducking, intended to provide an interactive element to the land art. The work’s orientation and form are precisely aligned to enable the four tubes to frame the sun on the horizon during the summer and winter solstices, producing a lens that can engulf the body. The small holes in the tubes are modelled on the position of four constellations, and they throw scattered discs of light onto the viewer inside. After completion of the work, Holt did not want to linger on the sun tunnels alone when presenting it to the public, rather she had a motivation to guide the viewers through the land. She stated that “Choosing these sites as places for people to experience and see, that’s the work”. This extended engagement with the land led her to the conclusion that sculptural frameworks were unnecessary, and that the sites werethe piece. Holt’s meaning behind her land art was to therefore create something that complements and emphasises the natural beauty of the environment itself — building upon this is most effective.