Andy Goldsworthy is a Scottish artist who has this wonderful installation at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The domes are made of Slate from Alabama and they inhabit the former Japanese sculpture garden in the East Building. Their carefully crafted forms meld into each other, and when they encounter a barrier (a wall, a window) they seamlessly extend beyond it.
Goldsworthy uses organic or natural materials to explore universal and prototypical forms. The work is intensely intimate and meticulously crafted. This photo is taken from a second floor window looking down on the domes in the sculpture garden.
There is also a wonderful documentary about the artist titled; "Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides, Working with Time" which I recommend to you.
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