Museum installation team installs Andy Goldsworthy’s Burnt Patch, SJMA

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Andy Goldsworthy often works outside, collaborating with nature to create uniquely personal and intense artworks. He created this site specific installation for SJMA’s exhibition Breath of Earth in 1995. This video shows the work being installed for an exhibition in fall 2014—and shows how the changing light and clouds affect the view. The pine sticks used are from a specific area of the Sierra Mountains near Lake Tahoe. If pieces need to be replaced, someone must travel to that same spot to collect more. According to Goldsworthy, "The black of a hole is like the flame of a fire. The flame makes the energy of fire visible. The black is the earth's flame - its energy.”