Art History
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
LAND ART
- contemporary art, known also as Earth Art, that emerge in the 1960s
- determined to heighten public awareness of Man's relationship with the natural world
- land-based interventions or artworks took a variety of forms, from large-scale land artworks
- To create artistic imagery many would use earth, rocks, soil and other natural material, with a view to increasing our sensibility towards our environment.
Photo by rao.anirudh
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- Land Artists' have tended to be American
- Land artists in America relied mostly on wealthy patrons and private foundations to fund their often costly projects.
- In most respects 'Land Art' has become part of mainstream public art
- The movement began in October 1968
ROBERT SMITHSON
- Robert Smithson was an American artist famous for his use of photography in relation to sculpture and land art.
- Robert Smithson was an American artist famous for his use of photography in relation to sculpture and land art.
- rge-scale sculptures, engaged directly with nature and were created by moving and constructing with vast amounts of soil and rocks
- His large-scale sculptures, engaged directly with nature and were created by moving and constructing with vast amounts of soil and rocks.
- Smithson was interested in concepts of entropy—how energy gets dispersed in nature from the orderly to the disorderly over time—and he saw that as a metaphor for a philosophical orientation to life.
- Smithson was interested in concepts of entropy—how energy gets dispersed in nature from the orderly to the disorderly over time—and he saw that as a metaphor for a philosophical orientation to life.
- Smithson was largely self-taught
SPIRAL JETTY PART 1
- Photo taken from a helicopter
- Site specificate art work
- it's a forever changing Landscape
- mudd salt crystal rocks water
- It's a basic shape
1) Photo taken from a helicopter
Photo by hculligan
SPIRAL JETTY PART 2
- you can walk on the spiral Jetty during some portions of the year
- This is a work of art only contain in a museum or can we find it elsewhere
- The spiral jetty works as part of the envormant but also changes the environment In important ways
- he couldn't realize this piece alone had groups of people help him
- counterclockwise coil jutting from the shore of the lake.
Photo by srharris
MICHAEL HEIZER
- Michael Heizer is a contemporary landscaper specializing in large-scale sculptures and land art
- The 67-year-old Heizer, who rarely appears in public, was on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and led the first procession under the big rock.
- His work on the project continues to this day, supported by the Dia Art Foundation through a grant from the Lannan Foundation.
LEVITATED MASS
- Moving objects to mark a place
- Located at the blackmun's campus is center of LA
- rock will sit in the middle of ramp 15 feet
- your walk under it
- As you walk Down the ramp it will appear to levitate
Photo by Snap Man
LEVITATED MASS
- 340 ton bolder, to a concrete tren 35 hound rad year
- Took 11 days to get to it's final location and had a twitter account
- impression it will make hounds rds of years later
- when things are taken out of context how it can change people view
Photo by Snap Man
ANDY GOLDSWORTY
- Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland.
- The materials used in Andy Goldsworthy's art often include brightly coloured flowers, icicles, leaves, mud, pinecones, snow, stone, twigs, and thorns
- Photography plays a crucial role in his art due to its often ephemeral and transient state.
ARCHES
- Goldsworthy provides a link between the interior and exterior spaces
- This sandstone arch is one of his largest sculptures of this type
- the arch and knapped grey flint of the wall contributed to the strong presence of the sculpture.
- His first arches were fashioned in ice and compacted snow in the Arctic 1989
- built by prisoners held in Portsmouth during the Napoleonic Wars.
Photo by dailyinvention
LAND ART TODAY
- Since the artworks are exposed to weather and erosion, it is quite impressive that early masterpieces such as Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” (1970) are still clearly visible today.
- The current focus is less on monumental artworks in remote places under the open sky.
- Their work is often inspired by nature, but not necessarily by a reaction to urbanization
- Since the temporary aspect is more present in their projects, platforms like photography, film and the Internet become very important.
- At its core, today’s land art captures a specific moment and makes creativity visible
