Earth art

1. Earth Art Marissa Akdemir 11 TS

2. What is Earth Art? Also known as… Land Art Earthworks Environmental Art Create art using natural resources/mediums Altering the form of natural environments Grow/evolve, stay, change Stones, leaves, mud, twigs, etc . Mid 1960s and 70s Large Sculptures Photographed

3. What Influenced Earth Art? Reaction to commercialism Artificial Outside of Gallery ”A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world. ” – Robert Smithson Post war industrialization The Silent Spring by Rachel Carson – 1962 Minimalism Simple forms Emotion Visuals

4. Andy Goldsworthy July 26, 1956 – British Bradford College 1974 – 75 Preston Polytechnic 1975 – 78 “I can’t edit the materials I work with . My remit is to work with nature as a whole . I find nature as a whole disturbing . Nature can be harsh – difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn’t walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying.” — Andy Goldsworthy

5. Artwork “intimate and enclosed” Contrast – stones He uses leaves of intense color Fades from green to yellow Dark to light The colors emphasizes the 3 dimensional form Smooth texture Goldsworthy, Andy.  Leaves Laid on a River Boulder . 1999. Leaves and water.

6. Robert Smithson January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973 Passaic, New Jersey Airplane Art Students League of New York Earthworks "I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation .” Entropy

7. Artwork Colors Not intense Natural & neutral Symmetry Smithson , Robert.  Broken Circle . 1971. Emmen , Netherlands.

8. Spiral Jetty Robert Smithson,  Spiral Jetty , 1970 (Great Salt Lake, Utah) Speakers : Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Shana Gallagher-Lindsay

9. Richard Long June 2, 1945 Bristol West of England College of Art – 1962 – 1965 St. Marin’s School of Art – 1968 "Nature has always been a subject of art , from the first cave paintings to twentieth -century landscape photography . I wanted to use the landscape as an artist in new ways ..."

10. Artwork Rough Texture Wood, rocks Form Shape Richard Long

11. Comparing Earth Art Materials Colors Commercialism Purpose/functions Simplicity vs. Detail Lascaux, about 15,000 – 13,000 BC. Dordogne, Fance Goldsworthy, Andy.  Clay Wall . 1999. Clay. Musée Départmental De Digne , Digne -Les-Baines, Haute Province, France .

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