artwork

Stone Sea

Details

• Artist: Andy Goldsworthy
• Gallery: Saint Louis Art Museum
• Year: 2012

Description

An amazing anchor piece at Saint Louis Art Museum.

From http://emuseum.slam.org/objects/52206

Andy Goldsworthy drew inspiration from St. Louis geology and the city's underlying bedrock of limestone, formed in prehistoric times when the Midwest was covered by sea. Using limestone from a local quarry, Goldsworthy constructed twenty-five unique arches employing ancient Roman dry stone engineering. This dense network of stone arches each measure about ten feet high and weigh 300 tons in total.