land art
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of land art
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Early land art, like Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty,” now serves as a warning about climate change due to its increasing submersion and re-emergence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
The work has been celebrated as an innovative example of land art, in which artists create works using land formations and natural features, such as rocks, plants and water.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 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
And when’s the last time land art made you laugh out loud?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Speak, from what land art thou, and sent from whom?
From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
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