Cracked Line through Leaves
About this artwork
‘Cracked Line through Leaves’ was completed on the 2 November 1986 on Glasgow Green, as part of a commission by the University of Strathclyde for the exhibition ‘Perspectives: Glasgow - A New Look, 1987’. Goldsworthy had never been to Glasgow before and on his arrival he experienced what he felt was the “most intense autumn weather… and the most extraordinary range of colours in the leaves”. The crack has been a recurring theme in Goldsworthy’s work since 1976, and its unnerving blackness and allusion to earthquakes is paralleled in his ‘hole’ works. Goldsworthy commented: “I feel a deep insecurity in nature. A natural, unpredictable and violent energy. The black holes and cracks are windows into that energy”.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956) English
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title:Cracked Line through Leaves
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date created:1986
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materials:Two framed photographs
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measurements:Part I mount size: 61.00 x 168.00 cm (framed: 67.20 x 173.70 x 2.10 cm); Part II mount size: 66.80 x 51.50 cm (framed: 72.50 x 57.50 x 2.10 cm)
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credit line:Presented by the Scottish Arts Council 1997
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accession number:GMA 4183
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Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire in 1956. After embarking on a foundation course at Bradford College of Art, from 1974-75, he went onto study at Preston Polytechnic, from 1975-78. Often associated with land art, Goldsworthy works directly with the natural environment – using found objects and...