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Apr 13, 2024 · Robert Smithson's earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) is located at Rozel Point peninsula on the northeastern shore of Great Salt Lake. Using over six thousand tons of black basalt rocks and earth from the site, Smithson formed a coil 1,500 feet long and 15 feet wide that winds counterclockwise off the shore into the water.
Apr 13, 2024 · Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty serves as a companion piece to his iconic, monumental earthwork of the same name, which he constructed in the Great Salt Lake, Utah in 1970. The film documents the siting and making of the work, interspersing imagery of maps, aerial footage of the lake, and Smithson driving through the Utah landscape, all ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Welcome to our journey through the stunning Spiral Jetty in Utah! Join us as we explore this iconic land art installation created by artist Robert Smithson i...
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Apr 18, 2024 · In particular, it focuses on Smithson’s interest in scale as manifested most clearly in the Spiral Jetty (1970). This concern is often analyzed through phenomenological theories of perception that focus on the human subject.
Apr 22, 2024 · Background It is what the name suggests. That unlike most jettys that simply go straight into a body of water, this 15 ft. wide jetty eventually curves and coils into a counterclockwise spiral in the Great Salk Lake in Utah. Websites say that it is 1,500 ft. long, but I believe this is the distance
Apr 15, 2024 · Robert Smithson focused his short but influential career on a reconsideration of the nature of sculpture—or, rather, of sculpture in relation to nature. Created during a brief period from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, Smithson’s provocative works spanned a variety of sites beyond the museum and gallery, from magazine pages to abandoned ...
Apr 22, 2024 · 25. likes. April 22, 2024 at 7:45 AM. hyperallergic.com. Faith Ringgold Had a Dream; We Must Keep It Alive. 5. likes. Whitney Museum of American Art (@whitneymuseum). 4 Replies. 101 Likes. Celebrate Earth Day with this Vik Muniz photograph of Robert Smithson's Spiral...
