EARTHWORK (19 juill. 1969 – 30 sept. 1977)

Description:

1969 - 1977

- aimed to erase the bounds between art and life by taking art outside of the gallery and society and into immobile, large, and permanent spaces
- often documented in photos, maps, and drawings
- dependent on engineers, construction workers, and industrial equipment
- choosing the site was just as important as choosing the materials
- interest in salvaging the environment and archeological wonders

SMITHSON
- Earth art but materials damage the earth?
- Created forms in nature that he later photographed and filmed
- Flow works: entropy made visible
- Inspired by Pollock
○ Action painting outdoors

DE MARIA
- Sculptures inspired by Dada, suprematism, and constructivism
- Grid of stainless steel poles
- The ends define a horizontal plane
- 1km rod stuck into the ground
- Large work only exists in the mind of the viewer, needs to be imagined