* 1938 in Passaic, New Jersey, † 1973 in New Mexico, USA
American Artist
Known for: Spiral Jetty, Spiral made of stone, earth, salt and red algae in the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Dimension: 500 m long.
Art historical context: Land Art, Minimal Art, Conceptual Art
Exhibited works
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Museum of the void, 1966-1968. UG | A
| Based on his critique of the role of the museum for the art (Some Void Thoughts On Museums, 1967), where he compares museums with graves, Smithson developes the visionary idea of a Museum of the void: "I’m interested for the most part in what’s not happening, that area between events which could be called the gap. This gap exists in the blank and void regions or settings that we never look at. A museum devoted to different kinds of emptiness could be developed. The emptiness could be defined by the actual installation of art. Installations should empty rooms, not fill them." (Robert Smithson, 1967, in a conversation with Allan Kaprow) | |
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