RUG BACKGROUND- SPIRAL DESIGN INSPIRATION
One of the most amazing works of art
ROBERT SMITHSON
Spiral Jetty, April 1970
Great
Salt Lake, Utah
Black rock, salt crystals, earth, red water (algae)
3 ½ X 15 X
1500 feet
© Estate of Robert Smithson / licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Image courtesy James
Cohan Gallery, New York
Collection: DIA Center for the Arts, New York
Photo:
Gianfranco Gorgoni
In 1970, artist Robert Smithson built an enormous spiral jetty at Rozel Point on Gunnison Bay in Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Some 1500 feet long and 15 feet wide, it disappeared when lake waters rose, remaining submerged for 20 years. When it reappeared, its black boulders were encrusted with salt.
http://seaaroundyou.com/utahs-spiral-jetty-vanishing-and-reappearing/
References and more information
Spiral Jetty
http://www.robertsmithson.com/earthworks/spiral_jetty.htm
http://www.robertsmithson.com/essays/sanford.htm
http://www.robertsmithson.com/films/txt/spiral.html
http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/geosights/spiraljetty.htm
HEY! The Spiral Jetty is practically in my own backyard! How interesting that you even know about it!
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