Earthworks
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Looking at Indoor Earthworks
Six piles of gravel reflected in twelve mirrors that make a corner on the floor, to be specific. It’s magical because Smithson has managed to create the illusion of space, within which he creates the illusion of objects.”Symmetrically duplicated by the mirrors, the fissures of cracked glass together with the dust from the gravel mar…
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Land Art is making a comeback
Earth art, also referred to as Land art or Earthworks, is largely an American movement that uses the natural landscape to create site-specific structures, art forms, and sculptures. The movement was an outgrowth of Conceptualism and Minimalism: the beginnings of the environmental movement and the rampant commoditization of American art in the late 1960s influenced ideas and…
West Harlem Art Fund 