Spiral Jetty, Robert Smithson's Land Art Masterwork The Utah Museum of Fine Arts


Spiral Jetty Holt/Smithson Foundation

By Rebecca Taylor 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, 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's Land Art Masterwork The Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Spiral Jetty. Topping any Great Salt Lake must-do list is a day trip out to the Spiral Jetty, a marvel of modern art in the lake's remote north arm. Sculptor Robert Smithson created the jetty in.


Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Robert Smithson Land Art, Paul Cezanne, Rural Landscape

The monumental earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) was created by artist Robert Smithson and is located off Rozel Point in the north arm of Great Salt Lake. Made of black basalt rocks and earth gathered from the site, Spiral Jetty is a 15-foot-wide coil that stretches more than 1,500 feet into the lake.


Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty. Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. 1970

Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty 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


Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah April 1970 Artribune

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.


Untangling Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty Art Agenda Phaidon

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.


SPIRAL JETTY Robert Smithson, 1970 For Utah State Magazine Robert smithson, Land art

Robert Smithson designed and directed the construction of his iconic work the Spiral Jetty in April 1970. The Jetty is a site-specific work, meant to interact with changing conditions of the surrounding water, land, and atmosphere.


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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.


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Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970) lies far from the Great Salt Lake's water on August 01, 2021 near Corinne, Utah. As severe drought continues to take hold in the western United States.


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Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty in 2004, Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah. 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.


Arte o pazzia, esiste un limite? La "follia" della performance, da Gina Pane a Vito Acconci

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.


Le cahier numérique Spiral Jetty, une œuvre de Robert SMITHSON

December 28, 2020 Victoria Sambunaris On the northeastern edge of Utah's Great Salt Lake, a 1,500-foot spiral of black basalt rock coils counterclockwise off the shoreline. This monumental,.


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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.


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Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1970) Great Salt Lake, Utah. Mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, water. 1,500 ft. (457.2 meters) long and 15 ft. (4.6 meters) wide. Collection of Dia Art Foundation. Photograph: Gianfranco Gorgoni


Explaining Smithson's Spiral Jetty art Agenda Phaidon

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.