... a sea of stones that have been displaced by burials

[shewhomust]

Against all precedent, my morning was brightened by an item on the Today programme.

Not only has a new prize been announced, which will give serious money each year to an artist to create a work somewhere in the UK that is free for the public to visit, the first award goes to Andy Goldsworthy.

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[sovay]

... a sea of stones that have been displaced by burials

When we buried Autolycus, we built his cairn of the stones that came up in the digging. (It's New England, so the stones we have added on each visit since have just been lying around.) I like the idea of this artwork a lot.

[shewhomust]

Yes, this. It sounds as if the soil of Dumfries and Galloway may not be quite as rich as stones, but it's the same idea...

[anef]

We went to see his last exhibition in Edinburgh during the festival last year. It contained a lot of things we had not seen before, and also some retrospectives of his work over the last few years. All of them were interesting and most of them were beautiful.

[shewhomust]

I read about that in the paper, and contemplated an expedition, but never got round to it. I'm glad you enjoyed it - also envious.

[anef]

It was over two floors with the older works downstairs. If we had realised how much was downstairs (many many photos of physical exhibits such as leaves and icicles) we would have spent a bit less time in leisurely contemplation of the newer works. We were ushered firmly out of the downstairs exit at closing time!

[shewhomust]

I have very much enjoyed those of his works I have seen in person, so to speak; but I also very much like how photography is an integral part of what he does, so that the many, as you say, many photos have much to offer. And some of them documemt ephemeral works which no longer exist in any other form ...