Land Art
What is Land Art?
Land art is made directly in the landscape by sculpting the land itself or by making structures in the landscape with natural materials. - Utah Museum of Fine Arts
I've expanded the definition to flexibly include works of art that explicitly interact with the landscape, are site-specific, usually relate to nature, and / or reject the traditional art system and their status as traded commodities. Look it’s my blog, I can do what I want! I waffle on whether or not it should be conserved or fully returned to nature.
What will my blog be about?
In our travels to view some of these works, we found a lack of information available on them. I thought I would share our experiences here. Each post will generally feature some background, pictures, travel advice, and our personal experience. Part travel guide, part blog, part information repository.
Also, I should be clear, I have no education or training at all in the arts. My opinions mean nothing other than conveying my own experiences.
The Map
PIER + HORIZON
Deltawerk//
Sea Level
Effigy Tumuli
Prada Marfa
15 untitled works in concrete
Opus 40
Broken Circle / Spiral Hill
Observatory
Riff, PD#18245
Engelen/Angels
De Groene Kathedraal
Exposure
Seven Magic Mountains
Double Negative
Iron Mountain Run
Lightning Field
Sun Tunnels
Spiral Jetty
East-West/West-East
Wavefield
Index
By Title
Aardzee
The Broken Kilometer
City
The New York Earth Room
Polderland Garden of Love and Fire
By Artist (first name)
Antony Gormley
Bob Gramsma
Dan Flavin
Daniel Libeskind
Polderland Garden of Love and Fire
Donald Judd
Elmgreen & Dragset
Harvey Fite
Ingólfur Arnarsson
Marinus Boezem
Maya Lin
Michael Heizer
Moniek Toebosch
Nancy Holt
Paul de Kort
Piet Slegers
Aardzee
RAAAF / Atelier de Lyon
Richard Serra
Robert Irwin
Robert Morris
Robert Smithson
Ugo Rondinone
Walter De Maria
The Broken Kilometer
The New York Earth Room
Everything was shot on the same green iPhone 13 mini. Maybe someday I’ll invest in some nicer equipment, but I prefer just going with what’s in my pocket and motivating others to go visit these locations in person. No picture can do land art justice.

