ARTHI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Allan Kaprow, Social Experiment, Action Painting
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Made to force viewers to encounter the sculpture. Space is now transformed to revolve around the sculpture. Could not be transferred to another location, since it was a site-specific sculpture. Robert smithson, a nonsite (franklin, nj), 1968. There are blueprints on the process of planning on the walls. Smithson, spiral jetty, great salt lake, ut, 1970. Viewer must travel long distance to see it. Chose location because it was seen as a futuristic wasteland during the 70s. Cannot buy it, such a large work that is incorporated into the environment. Resisting older ways of creating art and placing in galleries. Michael heizer, double negative, overton, nv, 1969-70. Explosives were used to create the incisions controversial. No way anyone can buy this art because it is embedded in the environment. Christo and jeanne-claude, wrapped coast, little bay, australia, 1968-69. Wrapped the coastline in fabric and held together by twine (?) Took many years to raise the money for funding the project.
