Robert Smithson was an American artist known for sculpture and land art who often used drawing and photography in relation to the spatial arts. His work has been internationally exhibited in galleries and museums and is held in public collections. He was one of the founders of the land art movement whose best known work is the Spiral Jetty.
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Related works from the webSpiral Jetty (1970)
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Spiral Jetty | Holt/Smithson Foundation
Broken Circle/Spiral Hill (1971)
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Broken Circle/Spiral Hill - Wikipedia
Nonsite (Essen Soil and Mirrors)
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Robert Smithson, Nonsite (Essen Soil and Mirrors), 1969 · SFMOMA
Asphalt Rundown (1969)
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Asphalt Rundown, 1969 - Robert Smithson - WikiArt.org
Partially Buried Woodshed (1970)
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Partially Buried Woodshed, 1970 - Robert Smithson - WikiArt.org
Glue Pour (1969)
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Glue Pour, 1969 - Robert Smithson - WikiArt.org
Mirrors and Shelly Sand (1970)
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Mirrors and Shelly Sand, 1970 - Robert Smithson - WikiArt.org
Dead Tree (1969)
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Dead Tree, 1969 - Robert Smithson - WikiArt.org
Alogon #3 (1967)
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Alogon #3, 1967 - Robert Smithson - WikiArt.org
Mirror Stratum
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Robert Smithson. Mirror Stratum. 1966 | MoMA
“Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.”
Robert Smithson
Jan 2, 1938 - Jul 20, 1973
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