Copublished with the Tanner Trust Fund, J. Willard Marriott Library.
Robert Smithsons earthwork, Spiral Jetty (1970), an icon of the Land Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, is located on the northern shores of Utahs 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 lakes locally red, saline water. The Spiral Jetty Encyclo draws on Smithsons writings for encyclopedic entries that bring to light the contextof the earthwork and Smithsons 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 them in color, with some historical black and whites, The Spiral Jetty Encyclo lets readers explore the construction, connections, and significance of Smithsons 1,500-foot-long curl into Great Salt Lake, created, in Smithsons words, of mud, salt crystals, rocks, water.
Winner of 15 Bytes Book Award for Art Book.
Finalist for theUtah State Historical Society Best Book Award.

Hikmet Sidney Loe

Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press

Utah State Historical Society

United States, United States of America

Sep 30, 2017

PS, 2017

Source title: The Spiral Jetty Encyclo: Exploring Robert Smithson's Earthwork through Time and Place

Since 1970 Robert Smithson's Earthwork Spiral Jetty Has Been A Notable Feature Of The Landscape And Lakescape Of The Great Salt Lake Valley. As More Residents Of The Wasatch Front Have Become Aware Of The Artwork, Especially Since Its Initial Reemergence In 1993 After A Twenty-year Long Submersion In The Lake, It Has Become A Destination Site For Increasing Numbers Of Day- Trippers. It Is Also One Of The Most Internationally Famous Art Pieces Of The Late Twentieth Century, Widely Considered A Central Icon Of The Land Art Movement. This Book Covers The Previously Little-explored Range Of Topics Smithson Had In Mind As He Worked, Many Of Which Deal With Place, Including The Particular Place And Space He Found Near Here. It Must Necessarily Refer To Smithson's Narratives Of His Art--the Essay And The Films--so This Book Also Contains A Reprinting Of The Former And Authorized Transcriptions Of The Latter. -- Provided By Publisher. The Spiral Jetty's Innumerable Places -- Robert Smithson On The Spiral Jetty And Mono Lake -- The Spiral Jetty : The Essay (1972) -- Spiral Jetty : The Film / (1970) -- Mono Lake : The Film / (1968/2004) -- The Spiral Jetty Encyclo Through Time And Place -- Encyclo. Hikmet Sidney Loe. Includes Bibliographical References.

341 pages ; 26 cm
"Since 1970 Robert Smithson's earthwork Spiral Jetty has been a notable feature of the landscape and lakescape of the Great Salt Lake Valley. As more residents of the Wasatch Front have become aware of the artwork, especially since its initial reemergence in 1993 after a twenty-year long submersion in the lake, it has become a destination site for increasing numbers of day- trippers. It is also one of the most internationally famous art pieces of the late twentieth century, widely considered a central icon of the land art movement. This book covers the previously little-explored range of topics Smithson had in mind as he worked, many of which deal with place, including the particular place and space he found near here. It must necessarily refer to Smithson's narratives of his art--the essay and the films--so this book also contains a reprinting of the former and authorized transcriptions of the latter." -- Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references
The Spiral Jetty's innumerable places -- Robert Smithson on the Spiral Jetty and Mono Lake -- The Spiral Jetty : the essay (1972) -- Spiral Jetty : the film / (1970) -- Mono Lake : the film / (1968/2004) -- The Spiral Jetty Encyclo through time and place -- Encyclo

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