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Andy Goldsworthy

2012-2013

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Buffalo AKG Art Museum

This site-specific project, commissioned from artist Andy Goldsworthy by the Albright-Knox for its campus, takes the form of a gravel path set in a shaded glade on the east side of the museum. Beneath the gravel lies a snaking granite form carved by the artist. Largely invisible during dry periods, this serpentine line appears with fluctuations in temperature and precipitation, evoking a ghostly river through the woods. While the artist carried out research in advance of installing the work, he admits that “the vagaries of weather make [these changes] impossible to predict. It is also understood that the site will have a profound ef