Passage by Andy Goldsworthy
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Book Reviews of Passage
Book Review: Pulls reader into process of creation!
Summary: 4 Stars
PASSAGE includes everything an interested reader could want: ample beautiful imagery, photographs of how finished pieces progress over time, photographs of original pieces being constructed, concurrent journal entries by Goldsworthy, commentary by various museum curators..
This book communicates beautifully perhaps the most necessary aspect of Goldsworthy's work, one that could not be transmitted merely through photos of his finished pieces. Goldsworthy's art, while accessing relationship with nature, also represents respect of, and submission to, time. It has always amazed me, and I imagine has had similar impact on many others, how much time and care is dedicated to the construction of such beautiful pieces and yet how easily they are allowed to be blown away or washed over or changed in whatever way by the powers that be. And yet, if it were not so, if his pieces were memorialized indefinitely, protected from natural wear and tear, their beauty would be somehow reduced. For it is in this release and acceptance of what must occur, that their power lies.
PASSAGE succeeds in portraying both aspects, relationship with nature and submission to time, through use of various tools, all mentioned in the 1st paragraph. As its title suggests, PASSAGE involves the reader in the process of Goldsworthy's art, from its conception to creation to change and destruction.
I rated this book only 4 stars because a part of me would have preferred more photos and fewer words. A picture speaks a thousand, as you know, and for those who are already familiar with Goldsworthy's amazing work, an inspiring photo of nature cannot but speak of its impermanence.
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