Land Art
The earth as canvas
In the mid-60s, artists in the USA and Europe began planning works for sites outside the narrow boundaries of galleries and museums. It began with ephemeral enhancements or traces left in deserted landscapes, in the deserts of America, or in the moors of Scotland. Following this were spectacular earthen sculptures of gigantic proportions, some of which are still in the process of completion today. One distinguishing feature of Land Art is its critical preoccupation with the tradition of sculpture. Sculpture can now be an earthwork excavation, a field of metal poles, a buried hut, a trace in the grass, or even a book. Another of the movement's special characteristics is its emphasis on site-specific, outdoor works intended to lastingly alter our perception of places, and to set new parameters in art production and reception.
Artists included: Carl Andre, Alice Aycock, Herbert Bayer, Christo & Jeanne Claude, Walter De Maria, Agnes Denes, Jan Dibbets, Hamish Fulton, Andy Goldsworthy, Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, Peter Hutchinson, Patricia Johanson, Dani Karavan, Richard Long, Mary Miss, Robert Morris, Dennis Oppenheim, Charles Ross, Robert Smithson, Alan Sonfist, James Turrell
About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre Series features:
- a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period
- a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work and brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations
About the author:
Michael Lailach is a curator and research staff member at the Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. He obtained his doctorate in art history at the Universität Tübingen, after which he completed a traineeship at the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin and now administers the Kunstbibliothek's Marzona collection.
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Land Art
Lailach, Dr. Michael
Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 |
- Reviews (3 items)
"«L’œuvre d’art n’est pas posée dans un lieu, le lieu lui-même est l’œuvre d’art». Avec cette phrase, l’artiste Michael Heizner résume le Land Art. Abréviation de Landscape Art (art paysager), ce courant encore mal défini place la nature et son environnement au centre de la création. Un rien élitiste, le livre permet une mise en lumière de ses différentes manifestations, en retraçant son histoire, ses œuvres majeures et les artistes qui le font vivre."
Matin Plus, Paris, France
Matin Plus, Paris, France
- Clippings (3 items)
Land Art
I.D. Magazine, United States, August 01, 2007
I.D. Magazine, United States, August 01, 2007
- See also (5 items)
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971-1995 Limited edition of 5,000 copies worldwide, clothbound in a slipcase, each signed and numbered by Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz and coming with a piece of the original material used in the wrapping. |
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Christo & Jeanne-Claude. The Gates - Collector's Edition Limited edition of 5,000 copies worldwide, each signed and numbered by the artists, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, as well as their exclusive photographer Wolfgang Volz |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Trees, Basel 1997-1998 Limited edition of 1,000 copies worldwide, each numbered and signed by Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz with an original cibachrome and a piece of the original fabric. |