SMITHSON, ROBERT

1938–73, American sculptor, b. Passaic, N.J. After first making modular, serial sculpture, Smithson began to design large-scale earthworks (see land art) in the 1960s. Smithson reshaped the landscape in a way that recalled both the forces of nature and ancient archaeological sites. His major works in this mode include the Spiral Jetty (1970; Great Salt Lake, Utah) and Broken Circle and Spiral Hill (both 1971; in a quarry in Holland). His work is represented in the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Smithson died in an airplane crash.

See study by R. C. Hobbs (1981).

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Recording Conceptual Art: Early Interviews with Barry, Huebler, Kaltenbach, Lewitt, Morris, Oppenheim, Siegelaub, Smithson, and Weiner
Book by Alexander Alberro, Patricia Norvell; University of California Press, 2001
Subjects: Artists--United States--Interviews, Conceptual Art--United States
...reality, 9 Simulacrum, 8 , 9 Smithson, Robert: on Conceptual art, 131 ; on...144 ; Siegelaub on, 32 , 38 ; Smithson on, 126 Spectacle, society of...65 , 97 , 119 20, 133 , 150 ; Smithson on, 133 Szeeman, Harald, 69n3...
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The Incorporative Consciousness of Robert Bly
Book by Victoria Frenkel Harris; Southern Illinois University Press, 1992
Subjects: Bly, Robert--Criticism And Interpretation
...Jones 1981. "Seventy Poets on Robert Bly." Poetry East 4 / 5 1981...The Poet as Translator: Robert Bly and Scandinavian Poetry...25. Rpt. in Jones 1981. Smithson Isaiah. "Great Mothers...Recent Work of Donald Hall and Robert Bly." Rev. of This Tree...
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The Incorrigible Idealist: Robert Dale Owen in America
Book by Elinor Pancoast, Anne E. Lincoln; The Principia Press, 1940
Subjects: Owen, Robert Dale--1801-1877
...annexation was introduced into the House. Robert Dale was again the favored speaker...nevertheless conceivable in an Owen. When Robert Dale Owen took his seat in Congress in...States in 1835 by the Englishman, James Smithson, to found "an establishment for the...
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The Age of Adam
Book by James Lees-Milne; B. T. Batsford, 1947
Subjects: Adam, James--D. 1794, Adam, Robert--1728-1792, Architecture--Great Britain, Decoration And Ornament, Architectural
...157 Sledmere, Yorks, 176 Smirke, Robert, 27 , 153 , 154 Smith, Adam, 13 , 33...J. T., quoted , 51 , 52 , 156 , 175 Smithson, Sir Hugh, see Duke of Northumberland...18 Tatham, C. H., 153 Taylor, Sir Robert, 9 , 27 , 116 , 155 , 156 Principal works...
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Reading Popular Romance in Early Modern England
Book by Lori Humphrey Newcomb; Columbia University Press, 2002
Subjects: Books And Reading--England--History--16th Century, Books And Reading--England--History--17th Century, Greene, Robert--1558?-1592--Influence, Greene, Robert--1558?-1592--Pandosto, Popular Culture--England--History, Popular Literature--England--History And Criticism, Romances--Appreciation--England--History, Servants In Literature, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Winter's Tale
...33 Stanley Wells, Perymedes the Blacksmith and Pandosto by Robert Greene. A Critical Edition 1961; reprint, New York: Garland...editions of 1672 and 1688. Hyder E. Rollins suggested Samuel Smithson as its author Samuel Sheppard and his Praise of Poets, Studies...
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Landscapes of Indifference: Robert Smithson and John Lloyd Stephens in Yucatan
Journal article by Jennifer L. Roberts; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 82, 2000
Subjects: Art, Art criticism, Culture, Expeditions, Smithson, Robert, Stephens, John Lloyd (1805-52), Visual artists, Yucatan Mexico
Landscapes of Indifference: Robert Smithson and John Lloyd Stephens in Yucatan...aesthetic possibilities.--Robert Smithson, "What Is a Museum?" 1967(1) Robert Smithson and John Lloyd Stephens were...
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Robert Smithson: Learning from New Jersey and Elsewhere
Journal article by David Joselit; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003
Robert Smithson: Learning from New Jersey and Elsewhere by David Joselit ANN REYNOLDS Robert Smithson: Learning from New Jersey and Elsewhere...in the pages of Ann Reynoldss book Robert Smithson: Learning from New Jersey and Elsewhere...
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Letter from the Editors
Journal article by Ramesh P. Rao, Betty J. Simkins, Charles Smithson; Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 20, 2010
...Rao , Betty J. Simkins , Charles Smithson In This Issue The topics in this...management - Professors Hans R. Stoll and Robert E. Whaley. In their article "Commodity...siinkins@okstate.edu Charles Smithson Founding Partner Rutter Associates...
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Letter from the Editors
Journal article by Ramesh P. Rao, Betty J. Simkins, Charles Smithson; Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 21, 2011
...Betty J. Simkins , Charles Smithson In This Issue We begin our...Duett with panelists Bob KoIb, Robert Hartwig, and Joseph Mason...Neil Pearson with panelists Robert Benson, Phelim Boyle, Steward...Closing With this issue, Charles Smithson, will be stepping down as...
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Interview with Myron S. Scholes: 1997 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
Journal article by Charles Smithson, Betty Simkins; Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 19, 2009
Subjects: Decision making, Derivatives, Investments, Liquidity, Scholes, Myron S, United States, Valuation
...Laureate in Economic Sciences by Charles Smithson , Betty Simkins "For a new method to...derivatives."1 On July 9th, 2009, Charles Smithson and Betty Simkins (co-editors of the...methodology, together with the work of Robert C. Merton, has paved the way for economic...
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Robert Smithson: 'The Monuments of Passaic, 1967
Magazine article by Luc Sante; Artforum International, Vol. 36, Summer 1998
Subjects: Passaic River--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Photography, Artistic--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Photography--Landscapes, Smithson, Robert--Works
Robert Smithson: The Monuments of Passaic, 1967...One Saturday in September 1967, Robert Smithson, equipped with a Kodak Instamatic...could be a Judd; the pipes a Robert Morris. The fact that Smithson had bought Earthworks ("about...
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Robert Smithson
Magazine article by Jones K Marriott; Artforum International, Vol. 32, May 1994
Subjects: Photography--Exhibitions, Smithson, Robert--Works
Robert Smithson by Jones K Marriott INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY For Robert Smithson, photography was fraught with ontological complexity, "cameras...
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Mirror, Mirror: Caroline A. Jones on Robert Smithson and History
Magazine article by Caroline A. Jones; Artforum International, Vol. 42, Summer 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Mirror-Travels: Robert Smithson and History (Book)--Book reviews
...Mirror: Caroline A. Jones on Robert Smithson and History. by Caroline A. Jones Mirror-Travels: Robert Smithson and History, by Jennifer L...in 1985), followed by Tsais Robert Smithson Unearthed of 1991. These built...
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Out of the Past: Lucy R. Lippard Talks about Eva Hesse with Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson
Magazine article by Lucy R. Lippard; Artforum International, Vol. 46, February 2008
Subjects: Artists--Criticism and interpretation, Artists--Works, Hesse, Eva--Criticism and interpretation, Hesse, Eva--Works
...Eva Hesse with Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. by Lucy R. Lippard THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION with Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt was recorded on...all saw a lot of each other. ROBERT SMITHSON: I think it was 66, because...
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Classroom Use
Magazine article by Robert Smithson; Arts & Activities, Vol. 149, June 2011
Subjects: Arts education, Sculpture--Study and teaching, Sculpture--United States, Smithson, Robert--Works, Spiral Jetty (Sculpture)
Classroom Use. by Robert Smithson PRIMARY Use the Art Print to...and inform them the artist, Robert Smithson, was interested in anthropology...official website of the estate of Robert Smithson, www.robertsmithson.com...
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Pole Axed; Patriotic: Their Father with the Flag on Duty: Richard, Left, and Robert Smithson
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 7, 2009
Subjects: City councils
Pole Axed; Patriotic: Their Father with the Flag on Duty: Richard, Left, and Robert Smithson. Byline: Chris Brooke PROUD father Robert Smithson was determined to give his twin sons a suitably patriotic welcome when they returned home...
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THE Tories Are Widely Tipped [...
Newspaper article; July 27, 2009
Subjects: Political parties, Silverberg, Robert (American novelist)
...next Chancellor? Not according to betting analyst Mike Smithson. "The Tories will inherit the need for public expenditure cuts on a scale that has not been seen for decades," Smithson explains on PoliticalBetting.com. "The chancellor will...
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Blair Force; Election Fever Big-Hitter Joins Campaign
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 29, 2010
Subjects: Silverberg, Robert
...For Me". But some experts reckon the blitz, ordered by Tory campaign chief George Osborne, could rebound on them. Mike Smithson of the website PoliticalBetting.com said: "The questions are whether this is right and whether going negative on Gordon...
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Blair Force; Election Fever Big-Hitter Joins Campaign
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 29, 2010
Subjects: Silverberg, Robert
...For Me". But some experts reckon the blitz, ordered by Tory campaign chief George Osborne, could rebound on them. Mike Smithson of the website PoliticalBetting. com said: "The questions are whether this is right and whether going negative on Gordon...
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Blair Force; Election Fever Big-Hitter Joins Campaign
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 29, 2010
Subjects: Silverberg, Robert
...For Me". But some experts reckon the blitz, ordered by Tory campaign chief George Osborne, could rebound on them. Mike Smithson of the website PoliticalBetting.com said: "The questions are whether this is right and whether going negative on Gordon...
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encyclopedia articles on: Smithson Robert  - 5 results

 
 
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Smithson, Robert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SMITHSON, ROBERT 1938 73, American sculptor, b...overseeing one of his earthworks. See Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings (1996, ed. by J. Flam); Robert Smithson (2004), comprehensive retrospective...
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Land Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LAND ART or earthworks, art form developed in the late 1960s and early 70s by Robert Smithson , Robert Morris , Michael Heizer, and others, in which the artist employs the elements of nature in situ or rearranges...
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Contemporary Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the early 1960s and thereafter by Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns had...consciousness of land art by artists such as Robert Smithson . One of the most long-lived of...as Carl Andre , Donald Judd , and Robert Morris . Other important trends...
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Primitivism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...recently the term has included modern artists who research the past as well as cultures foreign to their own, such as Robert Smithson and Joseph Beuys . See W. Rubin, ed., Primitivism in 20th-Century Art (1988...
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Dia Art Foundation
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...foundation also funds and oversees massive land art and site-specific projects in various parts of the country, such as Robert Smithson s Spiral Jetty in the Great Salt Lake, Utah; Donald Judd s installations at Marfa, Tex.; Michael Heizers City...


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