Utah spiral jetty rozel point great salt lake duration. An overview of change utah geological and mineral survey, department of natural resources, 2nd ed. May 15, 2016 spiral jetty robert smithson, 1970 for utah state magazine duration. While still attending high school in clifton, new jersey, during the mid 1950s, he attended art classes on the side in new york city. Spiral jetty robert smithson, 1970 for utah state magazine duration. Robert smithson, spiral jetty, 1970, rozel point, great salt lake, utah, 1500 if unwound x 15 foot spiral of basalt, sand, and soil holtsmithson foundation speakers. Broken circlespiral hill revisited, at the center for visual arts, emmen, 17 september27 november 2011. In 1970 during the construction of the jetty, robert smithson wrote and directed a 32minute color film, spiral jetty. Nov 18, 2015 robert smithson is one of the most enigmatic artists of the late 20th century. In 1970 he created spiral jetty, a snaillike coil of heaped stones that extends far out into the great salt lake in. Explaining smithsons spiral jetty art agenda phaidon. Spiral jetty 1970 is an earthwork in the form of a 1,500footlong 460 m, 15footwide 4. Feb, 2016 spiral jetty robert smithson, 1970 for utah state magazine duration. Robert smithsons spiral jetty tests the boundaries of compositionality and what an experience of an art work can be in appearing as a mark in space, a series.
Robert smithson, spiral jetty 1970 great salt lake, utah collection of dia art foundation. Jetty, located at rozel point peninsula on the northeastern shore of great salt. Mar 09, 2014 smithsons spiral jetty 1970, a 1,500footlong coil of mud, salt crystals and basalt rock extending into the great salt lake in utah, is a monument of earthworks, or land art. Robert smithsons earthwork, spiral jetty 1970, an icon of the land art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, is located on the northern shores of utahs great salt lake. Foundation is the owner of robert smithsons spiral jetty 1970, and leases the lake bed where the earthwork is located from the state of utah division of forestry, fire and state lands.
Robert smithson s earthwork spiral jetty 1970 is located at rozel point peninsula on the northeastern shore of great salt lake. Nov 15, 2019 robert smithsons spiral jetty by retis is licensed under cc bync 2. Spiral jetty, robert smithsons land art masterwork the. The spirals coil is 1,500 feet long and approximately 15 feet wide. An earthwork sculpture built by robert smithson in the great salt lake only reemerges during drought. The source of robert smithsons spiral the new yorker. A coil of earth, salt, and stone that smithson built into great salt lake, utah, the piece is a tribute to the movements scale and engineering as well as to its visionary union of art and nature. Time crystals is the first exhibition in australia dedicated to the work of american artist robert smithson 193873. Jul 10, 2016 the spiral jetty is an earthwork sculpture by the late robert smithson. Reaching the innermost point, smithson gazes out at the spiral path, lake, and mountains.
Review by john haber of robert smithson at the whitney museum, with thoughts on spiral jetty, minimalism, earthworks, sitespecific art, and outdoor sculpture brought indoors, and of floating island, the realization of an earthwork by robert smithson, in the hudson river, in the east river, and near hudson river park, new york city, by nancy holt, minetta brook arts organization, the. One of the most remarkable examples of land art is robert smithsons spiral. Smithson built a masterpiece from local materials, one that spirals counterclockwise into the lake and appears or is submerged with fluctuations in the lakes locally red. Robert smithsons spiral jetty, located at rozel point on the northeastern shore of great salt lake in utah, is one of the most remarkable examples of land art. Thats probably pretty close to what went through artist robert smithsons head when he needed something productive to do. The mythic scale of history and labor at spiral jetty. Baseline documentation and a system to monitor spiral jettys condition are necessary before any conservation treatment can be considered and developed. In march 2009, dia art foundation, which acquired the work as a gift from the robert smithson estate in 1999, approached the getty conservation institute gci seeking a simple, consistent. In a 1972 interview, smithson suggests that spiral jetty was intended to both withstand and be intimately involved with the climate changes and natural disturbances of the site, particularly the lake. Robert smithson expressed a profound interest in the arts from an early age. However, the large earthwork is not the only evidence of smithson in utah.
Robert smithson s spiral jetty is the poster child for the antiformalist earth art movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Made of black basalt rocks and earth gathered from the site, spiral jetty is a 15footwide coil that stretches more than 1,500 feet into the lake. Robert smithson, spiral jetty, 1970, rozel point, great salt lake, utah, 1500 if unwound x 15 foot spiral of basalt, sand, and soil, holtsmithson foundation. Robert smithson spiral jetty from atop rozel point, in midapril 2005. Robert smithson, the spiral jetty 1972, in cooke, robert smithson, p. Find more prominent pieces of installation at best visual art database. For two years, he was enrolled at the art students league in new york and, for a briefer period, at the brooklyn museum school. Lynne cooke and karen kelly, university of california press dia art foundation, 2005. Drought and rain govern how this work of art is seen. A loud abrasive buzzing bellows from the nightstand and i raise my head, only to be blinded by.
Smithsons spiral jetty 1970, a 1,500footlong coil of mud, salt crystals and basalt rock extending into the great salt lake in utah, is a monument of earthworks, or land art. Time crystals curated by dr amelia barikin and professor chris mcauliffe robert smithson. Bring it with you when you visit the artwork, and let it guide you in asking questions about the art. Martin, robert smithson and the angloamerican picturesque, angloamerican exchange in postwar sculpture, 19451975 getty, 2011 164 robert smithson and the angloamerican picturesque timothy d.
Anyone interested in smithson, the artist, filmaker, philosopher and writer will want to read this. In 1959, robert smithson, a young abstract painter who would eventually become known as. Robert smithsonwas born in 1938 in passaic, new jersey. Earthwork in the great salt lake, utah, as seen from the 1,600 pound ikonos satellite, 423 miles up in space. Robert smithsons spiral jetty by hikmet sidney loe salt lake city public library worksofart by robert smithson are estate of robert. Pdf robert smithsons spiral jetty nathaniel rosenthalis. 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. Seen from above, robert smithsons spiral jetty emerges dramatically from the rocky shores of utahs great salt. Take, for example, robert smithson s spiral jetty 1970 located at rozel point, great salt lake, utah. Birth namerobert irving smithson born january 2, 1938 passaic, new jersey died july 20, 1973 aged 35 near. While located in a relatively barren, unpopulated place, smithson chose the site not only because of the vast surrounding landscape, but with reference to nearby. Robert smithson, hotel palenque, january 24, 1972 fine arts auditorium, university of utah robert smithson is best known for spiral jetty, his 1,500footlong, 15footwide earthwork of basalt rocks that extends out into utahs great salt lake at rozel point. His spiral jetty 1970 consists of a strip of land on the edge of the great salt lake in utah that was extended into the water with the help of a crew of workmen to produce a spiral measuring 1,500.
Robert smithson, the spiral jetty 1970 walking on the railroad before traversing the jetty underscores the physical and conceptual relationship between the two sites. Spiral jetty was the first of his pieces to require the acquisition of land rights and earthmoving equipment. Robert smithson designed and directed the construction of his iconic work the spiral jetty in april 1970. Pdf robert smithsons spiral jetty hikmet loe academia. Robert smithsons spiral jetty in great salt lake at rozel point. Not too long after that it was submerged as the great salt lake rose throughout the 80s. It consists of some 6500 tons of basalt, earth and salt. With its beautiful, lakeside setting and the vastness of its scale, its. Best known for his radical land art of the 1960s and early 1970s, smithson. Robert smithsons monumental spiral jetty 1970 is a 1,500footlong coil of earth and basalt that extends into the water from the northern shore of utahs great salt lake.
Ve mas ideas sobre arte, esculturas y intervenciones artisticas. I bound out of bed, gianfranco gorgonis seminal photogaph of robert smithsons iconic earth work on repeat in my head as i shower and. Support for this collection of essays was provided in part by the marriner s. Pdf spiral jetty 1970, robert smithsons seminal earthwork, is a 460 meter long and 4. Spiral jetty serves as a site from which to view the surroundings the prehistoric environment that smithson selected for it. Robert smithson is one of the most enigmatic artists of the late 20th century. 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. The jetty is a sitespecific work, meant to interact with changing conditions of the surrounding water, land, and atmosphere. Spiral jetty is an earthwork sculpture constructed in april 1970 that is considered to be the most important work of american sculptor robert smithson. Robert smithsons the film, by smithsons widow, artist nancy holt, is entitled breaking ground. Martin to speak of an angloamerican connection, as opposed to, say, a french or german connection, is an invitation to speak about different. Robert smithson s earthwork sculpture the spiral jetty was done in 1970. In 1953, as a highschool student, he won a scholarship to new yorks art students league, where he studied in the evenings for the next two years, also taking classes at the brooklyn museum school in 1956. Now with its reappearance, this book is especially timely, historical and memorable.
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