Land Art Research Paper
Land Art and Land Artists
UNDERSTANDING LAND ART AND ITS IMPACTS
4/9/2014
By: Amir R. Tamadon
Land Art and Land Artists
Contents
INTORDUCTION.............................................................................................................. 2
LAND ART ORIGINS: AGENTS OF NATURE ................................................................... 2
WHAT DOES LAND ART LOOK LIKE? ............................................................................. 4
IMPACTS OF LAND ART ................................................................................................. 5
CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 6
REFERENCES ................................................................................................................... …show more content…
It is ephemeral;
4.
And it has no commercial value.
In land art, the artist uses landscape as the canvas and reshapes it to create a new artistic work that is coherent with its surrounding environment. Some artists choose to go to remote areas to create their artwork and experience the wild nature. In this form of art there is no object to carry art but the nature itself becomes the meaning.
Land art sculptures vary in size, commonly immovable but not necessarily unchangeable. It can only be presented where it was built. The audience must experience the context and the spirit of the work. Some of artworks last for a short period of time. For artist the experience is to watch how law of nature reacts, evolves and eventually decays the work. Many works of land art only exist in a photograph or a video only to allow others to watch the experience.
IMPACTS OF LAND ART
A key attribute in land art was having it built in open land. To the artist, land was the medium to design. Land artists believed in the spirit of nature. Their practice aimed to design a landscape that did not damage the nature but emphasize the importance of it. City by Michael Heizer is a great example.
MICHAEL HEIZER 1 - PHOTO
CREDIT: LINDSAY
UNDERSTANDING LAND ART AND ITS IMPACTS
4/9/2014
By: Amir R. Tamadon
Land Art and Land Artists
Contents
INTORDUCTION.............................................................................................................. 2
LAND ART ORIGINS: AGENTS OF NATURE ................................................................... 2
WHAT DOES LAND ART LOOK LIKE? ............................................................................. 4
IMPACTS OF LAND ART ................................................................................................. 5
CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 6
REFERENCES ................................................................................................................... …show more content…
It is ephemeral;
4.
And it has no commercial value.
In land art, the artist uses landscape as the canvas and reshapes it to create a new artistic work that is coherent with its surrounding environment. Some artists choose to go to remote areas to create their artwork and experience the wild nature. In this form of art there is no object to carry art but the nature itself becomes the meaning.
Land art sculptures vary in size, commonly immovable but not necessarily unchangeable. It can only be presented where it was built. The audience must experience the context and the spirit of the work. Some of artworks last for a short period of time. For artist the experience is to watch how law of nature reacts, evolves and eventually decays the work. Many works of land art only exist in a photograph or a video only to allow others to watch the experience.
IMPACTS OF LAND ART
A key attribute in land art was having it built in open land. To the artist, land was the medium to design. Land artists believed in the spirit of nature. Their practice aimed to design a landscape that did not damage the nature but emphasize the importance of it. City by Michael Heizer is a great example.
MICHAEL HEIZER 1 - PHOTO
CREDIT: LINDSAY