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Robert Smithson

Spiral Jetty

an earthwork sculpture constructed on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in Utah, in April 1970 that is considered to be the central work of American sculptor Robert Smithson. Built of entirely of mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks and water Spiral Jetty forms a 1,500-foot-long (460 m), 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) counterclockwise …

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Robert Smithson

For over thirty years and at the onset of the 21st century, Robert Smithson (1938-1973) remains one of the most influential and original artists whose voice has had a major impact on artists of his generation, and continues to do so today. His complex ideas took root in many forms: drawings, projects and proposals, sculpture, …

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