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land art

American  

noun

  1. earth art.


Etymology

Origin of land art

First recorded in 1965–70


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She also became a pioneering figure in land art, which used the landscape as both site and material.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Wheatfield” was a rare kind of land art: urban, accessible and socially engaged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

Charles A. Birnbaum, the foundation’s president and CEO, said the work was a milestone in the land art movement.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

For that show’s curator, Leigh Arnold, Buchanan’s ambivalence to permanence and authorship helps to expand our understanding of land art as a category.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023

Speak, from what land art thou, and sent from whom?

From The House of Atreus by E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson) Morshead

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