FAH355H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, Kiki Smith
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Western artists are obsessed with inverted trees. He continued this idea someplace else exposing the roots, etc. He also showed the exposed tree at an art gallert (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Kiki smith, standing, 1998 -> sited in the medical school. (life giving) Tree = life giving (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) All the images of trees show vitality and re-birth. Often used as a stand-in for human fragility. Emily carr, scorned as timber, beloved of the sky. Isolating the roots / tree allows us to discover some answers. How important is the history to the present day. Carving the tree with a tree within it. Dialectic of nature with man. (cid:1) (cid:1) All 3 categories contain examples of uprooted trees. Contemporary to bring nature from the rainforest and place it on life support indoors in a gallery. Choosing to install the tree was highly documented.
