Video: Keystone in Water Art: Spiral Dam
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Contemporary artists are good, but it would be nice to go back to the recent past and find out where all the most unusual art of our time began. In this case, we are talking about the cornerstone of water art - a spiral dam (Spiral Jetty). This completely unusual structure was created by the great American artist and sculptor Robert Smithson Robert Smithson.
The Spiral Jetty, or Spiral Dam, was designed in 1970 by sculptor Robert Smithson and is a cornerstone of US water and earth art. This structure, 500 meters long and wide enough for two vehicles to pass, is made of earth, salt crystals, basalt, mud and water. It crashes into the water on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Its original color was black - due to basalt, with red - due to water.
This dam was flooded soon after its creation, due to the rising water level, and remained under water for decades. And only in 2004, its surface was again outside - due to drought. During this time, it has significantly transformed, changing its color due to the accumulation of salt.
The spiral dam is one of the most important creations of Robert Smithson, a cornerstone in the development of art related to water and earth. In 2008, when an oil rig was about to be built near the dam, 3,000 artists protested and the construction was canceled.
By the way, Spiral Jetty is far from the only thing that Robert Smithson created. More details with his other sculptures, as well as drawings and photos can be found at
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