On the northeast side of the Great Salt Lake, a little over a hundred miles from Salt Lake City, lies perhaps the most notable piece of land art ever made, and due to record-low water levels caused by ...
Robert Smithson, “The Spiral Jetty” (1970) (all photos by author for Hyperallergic) Constructed over the period of six days in 1970 with the assistance of local crews, the Spiral Jetty is composed of ...
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When Hikmet Sidney Loe told her adviser that she wanted to write her master’s thesis in art history on Spiral Jetty, the adviser was dubious. “He said, ‘You’re not going to write a dead work of art.
ROZEL POINT, Utah--From afar, it's hard to tell what it is. And even as you approach it, it's not clear exactly how special it is. Yet, walking through Spiral Jetty, artist Robert Smithson's ...
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Robert Smithson, “Spiral Jetty” (1970), mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, water, 1,500 feet x 15 feet (Collection of Dia Art Foundation, photograph by ...
An Antiques Roadshow guest couldn’t quite believe the “staggering” value of his dad’s contribution to the iconic Spiral Jetty. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The PBS series travelled to Salt ...
Like any work of art, the value of Spiral Jetty — easily the most recognizable artwork in Utah — depends on how you look at it. Jaimi Butler, the coordinator of Westminster College’s Great Salt Lake ...