Land Art / Earthworks Robert Smithson (US, 1938-1973) Spiral Jetty, 1970, Great Salt Lake, black rocks, salt crystals, Dia foundation collection Robert Smithson (left) and Donald Judd (right) at site of Spiral Jetty, 1970 Minimalism – Post-Minimalism Nancy Holt (US b. 1938, environmental artist) Sun Tunnels, exterior and interior view (Sunset on the Summer Solstice), 1973-76 Robert Smithson, Floating Island to Travel Around Manhattan Island (1970/2005) 30-x-90- foot barge landscaped with earth, rocks, and native trees and shrubs, towed by a tugboat around the island of Manhattan, produced by Minetta Brook in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art during Smithson’s 2005 retrospective. (right) Smithson, Study for Floating Island, 1970. pencil on paper. 19″ x 24″ Dénes Ágnes: Izometrikus föld Nils Udo Richard Schilling Walter de Maria (US, b. 1935) Walter de Maria, The Lightning Field, 1974-77, near Quemado, New Mexico, 400 stainless steel poles, average height 20' 7 ½" Overall dimensions: 5,280 x 3,300' Andy Goldsworthy (Scottish, b.1956) Stone River, stone wall, Stanford University, 2004 Andy Goldsworthy’s global Cairns Cairn with clay wall, London - temporary Roof of NYC Metropolitan MA - temporary La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art - permanent Andy Goldsworthy, Woven bamboo, windy..., Before the Mirror, 1987, photograph Goldsworthy’s photographs of art made on his walks in nature of stones, berries, leaves http://youtu.be/YkHRZQU6bjI Excerpt from a highly recommended film on Goldsworthy’s art: Rivers and Tides, DVD 000134 available in the Sac State library. You can get extra credit for watching it. Christo Javacheff, (Bulgarian-American, b.1935), (top left) Package on Wheelbarrow, 1963, Paris, New Realist Christo & Jeanne Claude (French, b. 1935): (top right) Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971–95; (bottom left) The Pont Neuf Wrapped, 1975–85; (bottom right) Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980–83. Christo Javacheff, self- portrait around the time of his escape from Soviet Bulgaria to Vienna then Paris in January of 1957 In all of his interviews the artist insists that his art is a “scream for freedom.” Christo Javashev, Man Posing, academic study, pencil on paper, 1953-1956, collection Academy of Fine Art Gallery in Sofia; (right top) Christo Javashev, Rural Worker, watercolor, 1956 at the Academy of Fine Art Soviet Realism, Andrei Milnikov’s Peaceful Fields, won a Stalin prize in 1951 Wrapped Coast, Little Bay, Australia, 1968-69 Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Coast, Little Bay, Australia, 1968-69 Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72 9 tons of orange nylon California, 1972-76 Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties 1972-76, September 1976 Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, 1980-83, May 1983 7,500 gates Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The Umbrellas, Japan-U.S.A., 1974-1991 Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Umbrellas, Japan – U.S.A., 1984-91 Christo & Jeanne-Claude, The Gates, 7,500 gates, 23 miles of pedestrian walkways in Central Park, NYC, a 20-year project. http://youtu.be/z057rxwJXPo Vik Muniz WASTE LAND : "Scissors" by Vik Muniz Berndnaut Smilde.