1. Spiral Jetty Through the Camera's Eye.
- Author
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CAMPAGNOLO, KATHLEEN MERRILL
- Subjects
LAND art ,PROVENANCE of art ,SCULPTURE techniques ,ARTISTIC creation ,EXHIBITIONS - Abstract
The article focuses on the artist Robert Smithson and his landscape sculpture "Spiral Jetty." It discusses the various media in which the work exists, including a film produced by Smithson and a series of photographs by the photographer Gianfranco Gorgoni. The sculpture, located near the Great Salt Lake in Utah, is described and its influence on art and earthworks is explored. The fact that Smithson used the work to inspire other drawings is noted and information about the process of constructing the sculpture is also included.
- Published
- 2008
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