Passage

Passage, the most recent book by renowned sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, has as its central theme the journeys that people, rivers, landscapes, and even stones take through space and time. A cairn that Goldsworthy made in the Scottish village where he lives indicates the importance of his work close to home and its influence on projects he creates elsewhere. Three cairns now span the American landscape, delineating the artist's own journey across the land as well as the culmination of a form that has played a significant part in his work for the last twenty years. A series of works involving elm trees, ranging from glowing yellow leaves to dead branches, exemplifies his work's vigorous beauty as well as its association with death and decay. Goldsworthy's creations on the beach and in rivers, which change and eventually disappear with the ebb and flow of water, continue his exploration of the flow and passage of time, while a white chalk path intended to be walked by moonlight investigates the impact of light upon sculpture and place, and the passing from day into night. Passage also includes one of Goldsworthy's most recent commissions, Garden of Stones, a Holocaust memorial at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. Here eighteen oak trees were planted through holes in hollowed-out, earth-filled boulders. Growing in almost impossible circumstances, the trees carry powerful symbolic meaning. Documenting these and other recent works, Passage is an eloquent testament to Goldsworthy's determination to both deepen and extend his understanding of the world around him and his relationship with it through his art.Goldsworthy, Andy is the author of 'Passage', published 2004 under ISBN 9780810955868 and ISBN 0810955865.