Robert Smithson (born in 1973) is an American contemporary artist and sculptor of minimal art. He studied painting and drawing but specialises in Land Art, and has even contributed theoretical works on the subject, among whose number there are writings on Earthworks, Sculpture, Drawings, Photography and Film. His polymath approach is necessary for the representation of the works themselves. The intrinsic nature of Landart renders it ephemeral to the point where the artists must undertake photography, film and writing to share these ideas with their audience over and above the basic minimum of the construction of the pieces.
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The Land Art 