Art that is made by shaping the land itself or by making forms in the land using natural materials like rocks or tree branches. Earthworks range from subtle, temporary interventions in the landscape to significant, sculptural, lasting alterations made with heavy earth-moving machinery. Some artists have also brought the land into galleries and museums, creating installations out of dirt, sand, and other materials taken from nature. Earthworks were part of the wider conceptual art movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Also called Land Art or Earth Art.
Works
8 works online
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Jan Dibbets Veld met smalle niet te diep geploegde voren 1967
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Robert Smithson Corner Mirror with Coral 1969
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Robert Smithson Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow 1970
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Dennis Oppenheim Cancelled Crop - Direct Seeding. 1969 from Projects by Dennis Oppenheim 1973
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Richard Long Cornish Stone Circle 1978
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Ana Mendieta Nile Born 1984
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Michael Heizer Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) c. 1982
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Christo Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado 1996
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