Robert Smithson
This fully illustrated book accompanies the first comprehensive American retrospective of Robert Smithson's (1938-73) complex and influential career.
Straddling the movements of minimalism and land art, Smithson had a profound impact on the cultural landscape that resonates to this day. Robert Smithson presents essays by leading Smithson scholars alongside both archival imagery and specially commissioned photography of the artist's works.
Robert Smithson considers the interrelationship of Smithson's complete artistic output, from the earliest figurative work up to his earthworks. Smithson's revolutionary ideas positioned art as existing beyond the walls of the museum in media, such as writing and film, and in the landscape itself. This volume explores Smithson's work within the context of the artistic climate of the late 1960s as well as ensuing decades.
Scholar Eugenie Tsai’s essay takes a journey through his early writings, drawings, and work with religious, erotic, and pop culture motifs that deepen our understanding of Smithson's diverse practice. Other contributions to the volume include an interview with Smithson by Moira Roth; a substantive historical and critical essay by Thomas Crow; an essay by Cornelia Butler discussing Smithson's lineage and his influence on contemporary artists; and a series of texts focusing on key works from Smithson's oeuvre, including Incidents of Mirror Travel in the Yucatan by Suzaan Boettger, Enantiomorphic Chambers by Ann Reynolds, Airport Terminal Project by Mark Linder, Spiral Jetty by Jennifer Roberts, Heap of Language by Richard Sieburth, and Proposal for Monument at Antartica [sic] by Robert Sobieszek.
This book also features the complete list of Robert Smithson’s Library List, with an introduction by Alexander Alberro, as well as annotated exhibition chronology.
Published on the occasion of the 2004 exhibition Robert Smithson at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Editors
Eugenie Tsai with Cornelia Butler
Authors
Alexander Alberro, Suzaan Boettger, Cornelia Butler, Thomas Crow, Mark Linder, Ann Reynolds, Jennifer L. Roberts, Richard Sieburth, Robert A. Sobieszek, Eugenie Tsai
Specifications
University of California Press, 2004
ISBN 978-0520244092
Paperback
248 pages
235 x 279 mm / 9.25 x 11 inches
English
$45
This fully illustrated book accompanies the first comprehensive American retrospective of Robert Smithson's (1938-73) complex and influential career.
Straddling the movements of minimalism and land art, Smithson had a profound impact on the cultural landscape that resonates to this day. Robert Smithson presents essays by leading Smithson scholars alongside both archival imagery and specially commissioned photography of the artist's works.
Robert Smithson considers the interrelationship of Smithson's complete artistic output, from the earliest figurative work up to his earthworks. Smithson's revolutionary ideas positioned art as existing beyond the walls of the museum in media, such as writing and film, and in the landscape itself. This volume explores Smithson's work within the context of the artistic climate of the late 1960s as well as ensuing decades.
Scholar Eugenie Tsai’s essay takes a journey through his early writings, drawings, and work with religious, erotic, and pop culture motifs that deepen our understanding of Smithson's diverse practice. Other contributions to the volume include an interview with Smithson by Moira Roth; a substantive historical and critical essay by Thomas Crow; an essay by Cornelia Butler discussing Smithson's lineage and his influence on contemporary artists; and a series of texts focusing on key works from Smithson's oeuvre, including Incidents of Mirror Travel in the Yucatan by Suzaan Boettger, Enantiomorphic Chambers by Ann Reynolds, Airport Terminal Project by Mark Linder, Spiral Jetty by Jennifer Roberts, Heap of Language by Richard Sieburth, and Proposal for Monument at Antartica [sic] by Robert Sobieszek.
This book also features the complete list of Robert Smithson’s Library List, with an introduction by Alexander Alberro, as well as annotated exhibition chronology.
Published on the occasion of the 2004 exhibition Robert Smithson at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Editors
Eugenie Tsai with Cornelia Butler
Authors
Alexander Alberro, Suzaan Boettger, Cornelia Butler, Thomas Crow, Mark Linder, Ann Reynolds, Jennifer L. Roberts, Richard Sieburth, Robert A. Sobieszek, Eugenie Tsai
Specifications
University of California Press, 2004
ISBN 978-0520244092
Paperback
248 pages
235 x 279 mm / 9.25 x 11 inches
English
$45
This fully illustrated book accompanies the first comprehensive American retrospective of Robert Smithson's (1938-73) complex and influential career.
Straddling the movements of minimalism and land art, Smithson had a profound impact on the cultural landscape that resonates to this day. Robert Smithson presents essays by leading Smithson scholars alongside both archival imagery and specially commissioned photography of the artist's works.
Robert Smithson considers the interrelationship of Smithson's complete artistic output, from the earliest figurative work up to his earthworks. Smithson's revolutionary ideas positioned art as existing beyond the walls of the museum in media, such as writing and film, and in the landscape itself. This volume explores Smithson's work within the context of the artistic climate of the late 1960s as well as ensuing decades.
Scholar Eugenie Tsai’s essay takes a journey through his early writings, drawings, and work with religious, erotic, and pop culture motifs that deepen our understanding of Smithson's diverse practice. Other contributions to the volume include an interview with Smithson by Moira Roth; a substantive historical and critical essay by Thomas Crow; an essay by Cornelia Butler discussing Smithson's lineage and his influence on contemporary artists; and a series of texts focusing on key works from Smithson's oeuvre, including Incidents of Mirror Travel in the Yucatan by Suzaan Boettger, Enantiomorphic Chambers by Ann Reynolds, Airport Terminal Project by Mark Linder, Spiral Jetty by Jennifer Roberts, Heap of Language by Richard Sieburth, and Proposal for Monument at Antartica [sic] by Robert Sobieszek.
This book also features the complete list of Robert Smithson’s Library List, with an introduction by Alexander Alberro, as well as annotated exhibition chronology.
Published on the occasion of the 2004 exhibition Robert Smithson at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Editors
Eugenie Tsai with Cornelia Butler
Authors
Alexander Alberro, Suzaan Boettger, Cornelia Butler, Thomas Crow, Mark Linder, Ann Reynolds, Jennifer L. Roberts, Richard Sieburth, Robert A. Sobieszek, Eugenie Tsai
Specifications
University of California Press, 2004
ISBN 978-0520244092
Paperback
248 pages
235 x 279 mm / 9.25 x 11 inches
English
$45