LAND-ART

Earthworks or earth arts is an art

movement in which landscape
and the work of art are
inextricably linked.
Land art or earth art is art that is
made directly in the landscape,
sculpting the land itself into
earthworks or making structures in
the landscape using natural
materials such as rocks or twigs.
Emerged in America during the 1960s.
Robert Smithson (Sculpture and painter)
Art movement: To heighten public
awareness of Man's relationship with the
natural world
In 1968, shortly after the publication
of Robert Smithson's essay 'The
Sedimentation of the Mind: Earth Projects',
the 'movement' made its first appearance at
an exhibition entitled 'Earthworks' which was
held at the Candace Dwan Gallery, New York.
It is also an art form that is created in nature,
using natural materials such as soil, rock (bed
rock, boulders, stones), organic media such
as(logs, branches and leaves) and water
which introduced materials such as concrete,
metal, asphalt, or mineral pigments.
Sculpture is not placed in the
landscape rather, the landscape is
the means of their creation.
Often earth moving equipment is involved.
Ex.
Excavator
Bulldozer
Backhoe loaders
EXCAVATOR
BULLDOZERS
BACKHOE LOADER
The works frequently exist in the open,
located well away from civilization, left to
change and erode under natural conditions.
Many of the first works, created in the deserts of
Nevada, New Mexico, Utah or Arizona were
ephemeral in nature and now only exist as video
recordings or photographic documents.
The works frequently exist in the open,
located well away from civilization, left to
change and erode under natural conditions.
Many of the first works, created in the deserts of
Nevada, New Mexico, Utah or Arizona were
ephemeral in nature and now only exist as video
recordings or photographic documents.
Smithson’s Spiral Jetty
by: Robert Smithson
CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE
SURROUNDED ISLAND
SINGING RINGING TREE
PARTIALLY BURRIED WOODSHED
by: Robert Smithson