The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will honor celebrated UK artist Andy Goldsworthy, creator of iconic Drawn Stone at de Young Museum, at its Annual Gala at the de Young Museum this April.
In 2003, Goldsworthy was invited by the de Young to create a site-specific work for its new building designed by Herzog & de Meuron. In response, the artist created Drawn Stone, a continuous crack running from the museum's main entrance to the edge of the Music Concourse roadway, using the same Appleton Greenmoore stone that surrounds the rest of the building. Much like the design for the museum, Goldsworthy’s work was inspired by the unique character of California’s tectonic topography and its intersecting diagonals.
Goldsworthy’s work has become deeply embedded in the San Francisco Bay Area, with six permanent works in the region, including Drawn Stone, Stone River at Stanford University, and four installations in the Presidio.
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