Dennis Oppenheim

Dennis Oppenheim is an American from Washington’ State. He was born in 1938.He travel a lot and made exhibition around the world after have been an art student.  He is a part of the Land Art for his investigation about ephemeral art. For example with this  » Annual Ring « , a monumental installation in circular draw witch desaper when the snow melt down.

 » Annual Ring  »
North of Maine’ State, border of United Stats and Canada, 1968.

We can notice « Whirlpool » a work witch goes on the same way of a temporary, suppose to disappear.

Only the photographic representation can prouve it.

"Whirlpool (Eye of the Storm)", California, United State, 1973. Dennis Oppenheim.

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Robert Smithson

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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