Robert Smithson (1938-1973), one of the most important artists of his generation, produced sculpture, earthworks, drawings, and paintings in addition to the writings collected here. Jack Flam is Distinguished Professor of Art History at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His Matisse on Art: Revised Edition (1995) is also available from California.
"The perfect book for someone who is interested in space, time,
systems, engineering, and the nitty-gritty of life as
an artist in the 20th century."
*Publishers Weekly*
“Featuring more than 150 works including paintings, works on paper,
essays, photographs, objects and films”
*CAA Reviews*
“Smithson’s writings transcend immediate occasions and achieve
significance as the products of an original, gifted, startling
mind.”
*Art Journal*
“Smithson read widely and used that reading to create a style of
criticism that is unique and deeply personal. ‘One must remember,’
he says, ‘that writing on art replaces presence by absence by
substituting the abstraction of language for the real thing.’ His
own vivid and very beautiful prose often provides some equivalent
for that presence.”
*Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism*
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