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Robert Smithson (January 2, 1938 - July 20, 1973) was an American artist known for sculpture and land art who often used drawing and photography in relation to the spatial arts. His work has been internationally exhibited in galleries and museums and is held in public collections.
Spiral Jetty Holt/Smithson Foundation
Spiral Jetty was the first of his pieces to require the acquisition of land rights and earthmoving equipment. He began work on the jetty in April 1970. Construction took six days. In 1970 during the construction of the jetty, Robert Smithson wrote and directed a 32-minute color film, "Spiral Jetty". The film was shot by Smithson and his wife.
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The Concept Behind Spiral Jetty Robert Smithson's inspiration for Spiral Jetty originated from his interest in the concept of entropy and the natural environment. Though, you might be wondering what entropy is, which is simply defined as "disorder" or "randomness" and it is the second law of thermodynamics.
‘Spiral Jetty’ Is Named an Official State Work of Art by Utah State
by Rebecca Taylor Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1500 (if unwound) x 15 foot spiral, basalt, sand, and soil ©Holt-Smithson Foundation. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. A monument to paradox and transience
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Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty was built by pushing 6,650 tons of earth and basalt into the Great Salt Lake, forming a spiral 1,500 feet long and 15 feet wide. As massive as the earthwork.
Spiral Jetty Holt/Smithson Foundation
Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, a 1970 artwork in Utah's Great Salt Lake, is a unique blend of nature and human intervention. The spiral design, made of basalt stones and soil, changes over time due to natural forces. This reflects Smithson's interest in entropy, the process of things breaking down.
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Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970 (Great Salt Lake, Utah) (photo: Gianfranco Gorgoni) ©Holt-Smithson Foundation A monument to paradox and transience
Spiral Jetty, 1970 Robert Smithson
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty in Red Salt Water (c. 1970) Graphite on paper. 9 x 11 7/8 in. (22.9 x 30.2 cm) Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, Fractional and promised gift of Tony Ganz in memory of Victor and Sally Ganz
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Robert Smithson is one of the most enigmatic artists of the late 20th century. In 1970 he created Spiral Jetty, a snail-like coil of heaped stones that extends far out into the Great Salt Lake in.
Untangling Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty art Agenda Phaidon
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.
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Robert Smithson's seminal earthwork was created at a time when the water levels of Utah's Great Salt Lake were unusually low, making it easy to discern the sculpture's vortex-like coil of black.
SPIRAL JETTY Robert Smithson, 1970 For Utah State Magazine YouTube
The Source of Robert Smithson's Spiral. By Robert Sullivan. June 18, 2014. In 1959, Robert Smithson, a young abstract painter who would eventually become known as a pioneer of land art, went.
Spiral Jetty Holt/Smithson Foundation
Robert Smithson made the film Spiral Jetty on returning to New York from Utah, after completing his landmark earthwork of the same name in April 1970. Spiral Jetty is located on the Rozel Point peninsula on the northeastern shore of Great Salt Lake.
Le cahier numérique Spiral Jetty, une œuvre de Robert SMITHSON
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1500 (if unwound) x 15 foot spiral of basalt, sand, and soil, ©Holt-Smithson Foundation Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris . A monument to paradox and transience. A loud abrasive buzzing bellows from the nightstand and I raise my head, only to be blinded by.
Spiral Jetty [Robert Smithson] Sartle Rogue Art History
This monumental, 6,000-ton earth work by the late artist Robert Smithson marks its 50th anniversary in 2020. At the start of the pandemic, Spiral Jetty saw an increasing number of visitors.
Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty. Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. 1970
Coordinates: 41.437683°N 112.668913°W Spiral Jetty is an earthwork sculpture constructed in April 1970 that is considered to be the most important work of American sculptor Robert Smithson. Smithson documented the construction of the sculpture in a 32-minute color film also titled Spiral Jetty.