Magzoid Magazine - Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | January 2022

The installations were
placed in various settings
so as to interact with
nature in different ways.
This outgrowth and the
determination of man’s
relation with nature
inspired the creativity of
the artists whose creations
were released from the
boundaries of galleries and
museums to emphasize the
commodification of art.
with nature inspired the creativity
of the artists whose creations were
released from the boundaries of
galleries and museums to emphasize
the commodification of art.
Another important feature
associated with the Land Art
Movement was the use of
photography to prove the existence
of the massive land works. These
photographs were showcased
by the performing artists in their
galleries as proof of their affiliation
to the movement. Land art was
usually documented in artworks
using photographs and maps which
the artist could exhibit in a gallery.
Land artists also made art in the
gallery by bringing in material from
the landscape and using it to create
installations.
The most famous land art work
is Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty of
1970, an earthwork built out into the
Great Salt Lake in the USA. Though
some artists such as Smithson used
mechanical earth-moving equipment
to make their artworks, other artists
made minimal and temporary
interventions in the landscape such
as Richard Long who simply walked
up and down until he had made a
mark in the earth.
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