 Stones scratched white in between heavy showers of rain, Isle of Skye, 6 April 2005 Unique Ilfachrome print, 30.5 x 30.5 inches framed Andy Goldsworthy Stone Light Drawings Haines Gallery is honored to announce a new exhibition by British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. This exhibition will consist of two associated site-specific installations of glass and stone which both investigate properties of line and light. In addition, the artist will display a very select number of photographs of ephemeral works. Viewers will be surprised to see the walls of Haines Gallery opened up to reveal soot drawings on glass installed to transmit natural light from the outside. Similar to the antiquarian cliché verre process, these drawings are created using a blowtorch on glass - the soot allows signature forms related to natural phenomena to be etched on the glass using the stalk of a leaf. Translucent, splitting the backlight into sun and shadow, these glass plates reveal a cyclical renewal and revival. Other works in the exhibition will echo Goldsworthy's commissioned work at the new de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, entitled "Drawn Stone", where he has created a floor sculpture using pavers that have been broken and repositioned to form a cracked line. This drawn stone gracefully leads the viewer into the main entrance of the museum. Along its path, the crack bisects large rough-hewn stone boulders that serve as seating for museum visitors. Goldsworthy sees the permanent installation as a way to "encourage the social aspect of the site" and says of his process "cracks have always been a way of reaching below the surface of a material - a way of entering a stone and a release of the energy contained within." The sculptural installations at Haines Gallery will also be created using Appleton Greenmoor Sandstone from Britain. Utilizing a rather unexpected material for the medium of drawing Goldsworthy will create a number of sculptural cracked line drawings attached to the wall of the gallery. Goldsworthy has produced over 70 commissions for institutions and collections throughout the world including the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh; The Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Stanford University, California; Jewish Heritage Museum, New York City, and, more recently, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. "Mountain and Coast Autumn into Winter", an exhibition of Goldsworthy photographs and sculptures organized by Haines Gallery, recently completed a highly successful four-year, eight-city tour of the US. The critically acclaimed and extraordinarily popular documentary. "Rivers and Tides" is available on DVD as is Goldsworthy's most recent monograph, "Passage" (Harry N. Abrams Inc.), both of which were released late last year. Goldsworthy's permanent commission at the new de Young Museum will be included in a special publication of the de Young newsletter in October when the museum opens to the public. Exhibition: October 14 - November 26, 2005 Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 10:30am - 5:30pm, Sat 10:30am - 5:00pm Haines Gallery 49 Geary Street, Suite 540 USA-San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone +1 415 397-8114 Fax +1 415 397-8115 Email info@hainesgallery.com www.hainesgallery.com |
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