{"product_id":"the-spiral-jetty-encyclo-exploring-robert-smithson-s-earthwork-through-time-and-place-9781607815419","title":"The Spiral Jetty Encyclo: Exploring Robert","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Smithson’s earthwork, \u003cem\u003eSpiral Jetty\u003c\/em\u003e (1970), an icon of the Land Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, is located on the northern shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Smithson built a masterpiece from local materials, one that spirals counterclockwise into the lake and appears or is submerged with fluctuations in the lake’s locally red, saline water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spiral Jetty Encyclo\u003c\/em\u003e draws on Smithson’s writings for encyclopedic entries that bring to light the context of the earthwork and Smithson’s many points of reference in creating it. Visitors and armchair travelers, too, will discover how much significance Smithson placed on regional considerations, his immersion in natural history, his passion for travel, and his ability to use diverse mediums to create a cohesive and lasting work of art. Containing some 220 images, most of themin color, with some historical black and whites, \u003cem\u003eThe Spiral Jetty Encyclo\u003c\/em\u003e lets readers explore the construction, connections, and significance of Smithson’s 1,500-footlong curl into Great Salt Lake, created, in Smithson’s words, of “mud, salt crystals, rocks, water.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Few authors are better qualified than Loe, who provides a richly faceted image of one of the key artworks of the twentieth century. Whoever takes the book in hand will be motivated to go visit \u003ci\u003eThe Spiral Jetty\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e —Philip Ursprung, author of \u003ci\u003eAllan Kaprow, Robert Smithson, and the Limits to Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An important book that makes key contributions to the literature on earthworks, Robert Smithson, and the \u003ci\u003eSpiral Jetty\u003c\/i\u003e. Its innovative format brings abundant new research to light in a fluid and flexible way.”\u003cbr\u003e —Jennifer L. Roberts, author of \u003ci\u003eMirror-Travels: Robert Smithson and History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e “Loe is gifted in her ability to succinctly present a broad survey of information that will interest readers at high school to adult aficionado levels.”\u003cbr\u003e —Frank McEntire, art critic and author of \u003ci\u003eFinal Light: The Life and Art of V. Douglas Snow\u003c\/i\u003e “A useful reference that could well provide hours of free-form exploration of Smithson’s work…. Those readers who immerse themselves in these pages will come to appreciate \u003ci\u003eSpiral Jetty\u003c\/i\u003e as a multi-faceted work of conceptual art. Moreover, readers will find sparkling nuggets of information regarding the Great Salt Lake itself, the childhood encounters with natural history that informed Smith’s work, the relationship between \u003ci\u003eSpiral Jetty\u003c\/i\u003e and his oeuvre, his dialogue with the environmental movement, and his efforts to use art to reclaim land disturbed by industrial processes.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eUtah Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Utah Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50095294021975,"sku":"9781607815419","price":36.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781607815419.jpg?v=1740904812","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-spiral-jetty-encyclo-exploring-robert-smithson-s-earthwork-through-time-and-place-9781607815419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}