9TH, PPP land art. BIM2, 2012

LAND ARTEARTH

INTERVENTION

Land Art• LAND ART= art + nature• “Land art, or Earth art is an art movement

which emerged in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.”

• “It is an art form that is created in nature, using natural materials such as soil, rock, organic media, and water with introduced materials such as concrete, metal, asphalt, or mineral pigments.”

It is NOT a sculpture….• “Land Art is not an object placed in the

landscape, rather, the landscape is the means of their creation.”

• “The works frequently exist in the open, located well away from civilization, left to change and erode under natural conditions.”

• It is mostly ephemeral (disappears with time)• Photographic registration is what is left.• Big dimensions

Origins of LAND ART• The first images we have of man making art

with land, is the Nazca Lines in Perú. 400-650 B.C.

Nazca Lines

Nazca Lines

Nazca Lines

LAND ART around the world

Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson. 1970, Utah

Spiral Jetty air view

Surrounded Islands by Christo and Jean Claude1980-83

Initial drawing for Surrounded Islands

Running Fence by Christo and Jean Claude 1972-76, California

5 meters high, 39 km long

Initial drawing for Running Fence

Pont Neuf Wrappedby Christo and Jean Claude 1975-85, Paris

Initial drawings for Pont Neuf

Wrapped Reichstag by Christo and Jean Claude. 1971-95, Berlin

Initial drawings for Wrapped Reichstag

The Lightning Field by Walter de Maria. 1977, New Mexico

400 stainless steel poles

Stick Road by David Nash

Barack Obama by Dario Gambarín

Other examples of Land Art…..

easier to make!

Stone spiral

Stone totem

Stone window

Leaf spiral

Stick mirror

Some examples done in our school!

Shadow Shield

Rocks and Water Shield

The Umbrella Tree

Recycling Circle in Rocks and Sand

Flag Patio Wrapping

Cement Block Spiral