Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 02. Januar 1938 |
Geburtsort | Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. |
Todesort | Amarillo,_Texas |
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Beschreibung | Robert Smithson (January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973) 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 (1970). |
Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.
Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues.
