Post on 20-May-2015
LAND ARTEARTH
INTERVENTION
Land Art• LAND ART= art + nature• “Land art, or Earth art is an art movement
which emerged in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.”
• “It is an art form that is created in nature, using natural materials such as soil, rock, organic media, and water with introduced materials such as concrete, metal, asphalt, or mineral pigments.”
It is NOT a sculpture….• “Land Art is not an object placed in the
landscape, rather, the landscape is the means of their creation.”
• “The works frequently exist in the open, located well away from civilization, left to change and erode under natural conditions.”
• It is mostly ephemeral (disappears with time)• Photographic registration is what is left.• Big dimensions
Origins of LAND ART• The first images we have of man making art
with land, is the Nazca Lines in Perú. 400-650 B.C.
Nazca Lines
Nazca Lines
Nazca Lines
LAND ART around the world
Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson. 1970, Utah
Spiral Jetty air view
Surrounded Islands by Christo and Jean Claude1980-83
Initial drawing for Surrounded Islands
Running Fence by Christo and Jean Claude 1972-76, California
Pont Neuf Wrappedby Christo and Jean Claude 1975-85, Paris
Wrapped Reichstag by Christo and Jean Claude. 1971-95, Berlin
Initial drawings for Wrapped Reichstag
The Lightning Field by Walter de Maria. 1977, New Mexico
400 stainless steel poles
Stick Road by David Nash
Barack Obama by Dario Gambarín
Other examples of Land Art…..
easier to make!
Stone spiral
Stone totem
Stone window
Leaf spiral
Stick mirror
Some examples done in our school!
Shadow Shield
Rocks and Water Shield
The Umbrella Tree
Recycling Circle in Rocks and Sand
Flag Patio Wrapping
Cement Block Spiral