The Spiral Jetty Encyclo: Exploring Robert Smithson's Earthwork Through Time And Place
by Hikmet Sidney Loe /
2017 / English / PDF
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Copublished with the Tanner Trust Fund, J. Willard Marriott
Library.
Copublished with the Tanner Trust Fund, J. Willard Marriott
Library.
Robert Smithson’s earthwork,
Robert Smithson’s earthwork,Spiral Jetty
Spiral Jetty (1970), an
icon of the Land Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, is
located on the northern shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
Smithson built a masterpiece from local materials, one that
spirals counterclockwise into the lake and appears or is
submerged with fluctuations in the lake’s locally red, saline
water.
(1970), an
icon of the Land Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, is
located on the northern shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
Smithson built a masterpiece from local materials, one that
spirals counterclockwise into the lake and appears or is
submerged with fluctuations in the lake’s locally red, saline
water.The Spiral Jetty Encyclo
The Spiral Jetty Encyclo draws on Smithson’s writings
for encyclopedic entries that bring to light the
context of the earthwork and Smithson’s many points of
reference in creating it. Visitors and armchair travelers, too,
will discover how much significance Smithson placed on regional
considerations, his immersion in natural history, his passion
for travel, and his ability to use diverse mediums to create a
cohesive and lasting work of art. Containing some 220 images,
most of them in color, with some historical black and whites,
draws on Smithson’s writings
for encyclopedic entries that bring to light the
context of the earthwork and Smithson’s many points of
reference in creating it. Visitors and armchair travelers, too,
will discover how much significance Smithson placed on regional
considerations, his immersion in natural history, his passion
for travel, and his ability to use diverse mediums to create a
cohesive and lasting work of art. Containing some 220 images,
most of them in color, with some historical black and whites,The
TheSpiral Jetty Encyclo
Spiral Jetty Encyclo lets readers
explore the construction, connections, and significance of
Smithson’s 1,500-foot-long curl into Great Salt Lake, created,
in Smithson’s words, of “mud, salt crystals, rocks,
water.”
lets readers
explore the construction, connections, and significance of
Smithson’s 1,500-foot-long curl into Great Salt Lake, created,
in Smithson’s words, of “mud, salt crystals, rocks,
water.”
