Qu'est-ce que le Land art ?

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LAND ARTISTS
The pioneers

Land art is a tendency in contemporary art, using the setting and materials of nature (wood, earth, stones, sand, rock, etc.). Most often, the works are outside, exposed to the elements and subject to natural erosion; therefore, some have disappeared and leave behind only photographs and videos.

Robert Smithson

American artist, born in New Jersey, 1938-1973
Died in a plane crash

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Spiral Jetty 1970 Rozel Point in the state of Utah

Richard Long

British artist, born in 1945 in Bristol, England

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Dennis Oppenheim

American artist born in Electric City, Washington, in 1938
Contemporary artist land art and body art
Exhibited 3 times at the Venice Biennial

Land art

Nil Udo

German artist born in Lauf in Bavaria in 1937

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Andy Goldworthy

British artist, born in Cheshire in 1956
Exhibited at the Venice Biennial

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Michael Heizer

American artist, born in Berkeley, California in 1944
Specializes in large-scale sculptures

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Walter de Maria

American artist, born in 1935 in Albany, California

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The Lightning Field, 400 steel masts in New Mexico

Patrick T. Dougherty

American artist

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James Turrell

American artist, born in 1945 in Los Angeles
Works with light

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Cristo et Jeanne-Claude

Cristo: Bulgarian-American artist born in 1935 in Bulgaria
Jeanne-Claude: French-American artist born in Casablanca, Morocco
They met in Paris in 1958.
Their son Cyrill, born in 1960, would later become a poet
They were both born June 13, 1935
Jeanne-Claude died in November 2009

Land art