Earth Art

Earth Art

A large-scale outdoor installation

1960s and 1970s

Earthworks were part of the wider conceptual art movement in the ____ and ____

Aesthetic Statement

Transformation of a natural site into an _____

Commercialization and Commodification

A response to the _____ of art in the 1960s

Natural Materials

Land artists often use _____ such as rocks, wood, leaves, and soil to create their works

Natural Processes

Subject to _____ such as erosion, decay, and weathering

Robert Smithson

1970, Northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, 6,000 tons of black basalt rocks and earth

Walter de Maria

Lightning Fields, 1977, New Mexico, USA

Lightning Fields

An area of one mile by one kilometer, comprising 400 stainless steel poles arranged in a grid pattern, Each pole stands 20 feet tall and is spaced 220 feet apart

Andy Goldsworthy

English sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist, Produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural and urban settings