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


Spiral Jetty Holt/Smithson Foundation

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.


‘We Shouldn’t Own These Things’ 5 Takeaways From a Landmark Conference on Collecting 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.


Spiral Jetty, 1970 Robert Smithson

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.


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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.


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By Rebecca Taylor Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970 (Great Salt Lake, Utah) (photo: Gianfranco Gorgoni) ©Holt-Smithson Foundation A monument to paradox and transience


Explaining Smithson's Spiral Jetty art Agenda Phaidon

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,.


Le cahier numérique Spiral Jetty, une œuvre de Robert SMITHSON

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.


Spiral Jetty Holt/Smithson Foundation

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.


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

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

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.


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

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.


Utahns Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Spiral Jetty SLUG Magazine

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.


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

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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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.


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Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1970). Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, water. 1,500 ft. (457.2 m) long and 15 ft. (4.6 m) wide. Collection Dia Art.

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