Mary Heilmann's winding, abstract road to success Oct 6, 2008
Upstairs at Max's, Heilmann, said, she saw the young stars of Minimalism on the rise and admired Donald Judd, Carl Andre and Robert Smithson. She sought to win their attention by hurling outlandish provocations. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Fashion: Rodarte Sep 11, 2008
"And fossils!," referring to the sand scenes in "Star Wars' and to the "Spiral Jetty" project in Utah from the artist Robert Smithson. Really? Really! Were those loops and strands across the torso actually gleaned from skeletal forms? And was that saturated color drawn from an iconic movie? Creative juices flow in strange ways. But in practical, down-to-earth New York Fashion Week, it is a relief to see designers bringing something from a wellspring of inspiration, rather than just making... (International Herald Tribune)
Construction zone: A gallery not what it seems Jun 27, 2008
The dirt pile is a nod to earthworks artist Robert Smithson. There are times when references like this seem affected and pretentious. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Top of the drops May 28, 2008
On the third sculpture court, overlooking Waterloo Bridge, the Slovenian artist Tobias Putrih has built one of his fanciful cinemas, in which one can watch films about artists such as Robert Smithson, Gordon Matta-Clark and Gregor Schneider (the latter's buildings are more psycho than anything at the Hayward; he's one of the missing ghosts at the feast). The idea for this show, and its title, come from a book of photographs by the late Martin Kippenberger, who made fake subway station entrances... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
• Oil firm's drilling plans would encroach on Utah artwork Apr 20, 2008
By Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 20, 2008 ROZEL POINT, UTAH -- When artist Robert Smithson assembled a massive spiral unfurling into the Great Salt Lake 38 years ago, there was no indication that this remote spot would be altered again by humans any time soon. Smithson's work, called "Spiral Jetty," became a world-renowned piece of art, its striking man-made pattern created amid isolation. (Q13.com, WA)
Oil and art clash Mar 28, 2008
Tom Smart for The New York Times Robert Smithson's work of rocks and earth, "Spiral Jetty," juts into the Great Salt Lake in Utah ... Their goal (more later on what they did with their props; think about the Dadaist/Surrealist artist Marcel Duchamp) was "Spiral Jetty," a 1,500-foot curved construction of rock and earth by the artist Robert Smithson that juts into the lake. (International Herald Tribune)
Candy-filled art installation at Harvard is sweet but not sugarcoated Dec 13, 2007
He's only the second artist to be so honored posthumously; Robert Smithson got the nod in 1982, nine years after he died. For Gonzalez-Torres, whose work is largely installation-based and often ephemeral - thus not a hot commodity at auction houses like that of other artists who burned bright and died young, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat - the surge in attention is not market-driven. (Boston Globe)
Didier Rittener - Storm Breeder Sep 25, 2007
The evening events weve scheduled will enable interested visitors to discover a number of domains, including the world of animated film, with our carte blanche given to the filmmaker Zoltan Horvath; a tale revealed by the storyteller Hans Peter Litscher in which cheese and Marcel Duchamp get on famously; a concert-reading during which Marcelline Delbecq and Benot Delbecq will bring a charismatic icon of the silent movie era back to life; a debate between Jean Perret and Claudio Pazienza over... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Remote terrain forms the canvas for stark land artworks Sep 24, 2007
But instead of trying to copy nature or use it as a subject, land artists such as Walter De Maria, Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer and others made their physical mark on Earth, integrating it into their art ... You don't just stumble upon land artworks like "The Lightning Field" or Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" -- situated in even more-secluded Utah rough -- unless you're an adventuresome (and, perhaps, lost) 4x4 enthusiast ... --"Spiral Jetty" by Robert Smithson: One of the most sensational... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Venice Biennale Jun 7, 2007
(He is only the second artist to represent the United States posthumously in the Biennale in its modern history; the work of Robert Smithson was chosen for the 1982 exhibition, nine years after his death. . (International Herald Tribune)
Knock, knockPowerful Native American art, including the gripping work of George Longfish, asks the question: Who's here? Mar 30, 2007
In Chicago, Longfish soon found the Chicago Art Institute and legendary earthworks sculptor Robert Smithson, among other artists. At the institute, he studied painting, film and sculpture. (Missoulian, MT)
Empty photographs, yet filled with life Mar 15, 2007
Third, the show gives us a chance to consider Baxter in relation to some of the major figures of 20th-century art whose paths he has crossed, like the American artist Robert Smithson, who shared Baxter's fascination with mirrors set in the landscape. Smithson's permutations on this theme have become canonical works, already enshrined in art history, but the question of who made them first has been the subject of much speculation. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Natural talent Mar 11, 2007
Goldsworthy is a land artist in the tradition of the great American earth-movers like Robert Smithson who created Spiral Jetty at Salt Lake, Utah. Richard Long, who imported that tradition to Britain, is another mentor; like them, he wants to get away from two-dimensional representation of landscape in a frame, and give you the thing itself. (Guardian Unlimited)
