The Land Art Road trip…

Showing a film called Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art to my Visual Thinking students last week, inspired me to start planning a trip to some of these remote large scale creations.

The list begins with a reservation for Walter de Maria’s LIGHTENING FIELD in New Mexico, on to the Great Salt Lake for Smithton’s SPIRAL JETTY,  and then Heizer’s DOUBLE NEGATIVE in Nevada. It makes sense to mix in National Parks, roadside oddities, and whatever else turns up in my research.

Looking forward to further inspiration at the LACMA exhibition of the historic  Dwan Gallery, which opens March 19th. Virginia Dwan was a key supporter of these projects, and many others.