To me Goldsworthy is a type of crazy genius. But when I say crazy, I literally mean he's a bit off. But thats not a bad thing to me. I think he thinks in a way most of us don't, and the creations he comes up with because of it are fantastic. The way he made his ice sculptures from hand and didn't use gloves amazed me. This is stating the obvious but ice is cold, it hurts terribly when you hold it for a while, so the fact that he would continuously touch it and mold it for his artistic vision, I have to give him props. I think thats why when I read about Shuckman's work and saw how it was written intensely in his favor I was a bit turned off. Comparing Shuckman to Goldsworthy put Shuckman in an odd light.
Goldsworthy continuously goes out and makes artwork that many people see and critic, but he just does it because its his artistic vision. (Or at least thats why I think he does it.) Shuckman kind of shies away, catering to one person and only focusing on that person. Feeding his one and only audience with the terms he wants them to use, almost brainwashing him with an idea of how great the work is. Am I becoming too harsh on this one? Let me back off and go research Shuckman so I'm not a complete jerk about him.
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