HENRY MOORE

HENRY MOORE 

 

  Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.

His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. Moore's works are usually suggestive of the female body, apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups. His forms are generally pierced or contain hollow spaces. Many interpreters liken the undulating form of his reclining figures to the landscape and hills of his birthplace, Yorkshire.

Moore was born in Castleford, the son of a coal miner. He became well-known through his carved marble and larger-scale abstract cast bronze sculptures, and was instrumental in introducing a particular form of modernism to the United Kingdom. His ability in later life to fulfill large-scale commissions made him exceptionally wealthy. Yet he lived frugally and most of the money he earned went towards endowing the Henry Moore Foundation, which continues to support education and promotion of the arts.

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

Andy Goldsworthy !!!!! 

British-born Andy Goldsworthy is famous for his site-specific, ephemeral work employing colourful  flowers, leaves, mud ,twigs, snow, icicles and stones. most of the time Andy would use his bare hands or teeth maybe even saliva to prepare and build his pieces. Andy makes outdoor sculpture that manifests, a sympathetic contact with the natural world. when his work starts to disappear Andy would record his work with amazing colour photographs. 


He deliberately explores the tension of working in the area where he finds his materials and is undeterred by changes in the weather which may melt a spectacular ice archer wash away a delicate structure of grasses. Andy's intention is not to make his mark on the landscape but rather to work with it instinctively, so that a delicate screen of bamboo or massive snow rings or a circle of leaves floating in a pool create a new perception and an ever-growing understanding of the land. 

He has been quoted as saying, "I think it's incredibly brave to be working with flowers and leaves and petals. But I have to: I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole. Goldsworthy is generally considered the founder of modern rock balancing. For his ephemeral works, Goldsworthy often uses only his bare hands, teeth, and found tools to prepare and arrange the materials; however, for his permanent sculptures like "Roof", "Stone River" and "Three Cairns", "Moonlit Path" (Petworth, West Sussex, 2002) and "Chalk Stones" in the South Downs, near West Dean, West Sussex he has also employed the use of machine tools. To create "Roof", Goldsworthy worked with his assistant and five British dry-stone wallers, who were used to make sure the structure could withstand time and nature.

 

 

 

IMAGES                                               DATES             TITLE                       LOCATION 

 

	1996–2003	Sheepfolds	Cumbria, England, UK
	1997	Stone House	Herring Island, Victoria, Australia
	1997	Cairn	Herring Island, Victoria, Australia
	1998	Hutton Roof	National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
	22 May – 15 November 2000	Andy Goldsworthy at Storm King Art Centre (featuring the installation Storm King Wall)	Storm King Art Centre Mountainville, Cornwall, New York, USA
	August 2001	Stone River[12]	Cantor Arts Centre, Stanford University Stanford, California, USA
	2002	Andy Goldsworthy Arch at Goodwood[13]	Cass Sculpture Foundation Goodwood, West Sussex, England, UK
	2002	Chalk Stones Trail	South Downs near West Dean, West Sussex
	4 May – 31 October 2004	Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof (featuring the installation Stone Houses)	Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Metropolitan Museum of Art Roof Garden New York City, USA
	2005	Andy Goldsworthy: Early Works A national touring exhibition from the Haywood Gallery	England, United Kingdom
	2005	Drawn Stone	M. H. de Young Memorial Museum San Francisco
	22 January – 15 May 2005	The Andy Goldsworthy Project (including the installation Roof)	National Gallery of Art National Mall, Washington, D.C., USA
	2006	Red sandstone wall at the Doerr-Hosier Center	Aspen Institute Aspen, Colorado, USA
	31 March 2007 – 6 January 2008	Andy Goldsworthy	Yorkshire Sculpture Park West Bretton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
	October 2008	Spire	Park Presidio San Francisco
	June 2009	Provence art trail	Provence France
	7 September 2012 – 2 November 2012	Domo de Argila / Clay Dome	Cais do Porto Rio de Janeiro, Brazil