Spiral Jetty, April 1970
Artist: Robert Smithson
Great Salt Lake, Utah
(Rozel Point; 45 miles west of Brigham City, 100 miles from Salt Lake City)
Black rock, salt crystals, earth, red water (algae)
3 1/2 x 15 x 1500 feet
Recommended reading:
"Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings," edited by Jack Flam
"Robert Smithson Unearthed," by Eugenie Tsai
"Earthwards: Robert Smithson and Art after Babel," by Gary Shapiro
Recommended viewing
"Spiral Jetty," a film by Robert Smithson, available at the Salt Lake City Public Library (noncirculating)
On the Web:
www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/ioweek/archive/02-11-10 (the Spiral Jetty from space in 2002)
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