American Moderns - Land Art and Landscape

In the 1960s the boundary between landscape design and contemporary art was breached in a movement known as Land Art. While reacting against the commercialization of the art market, Land Artists tended to be politically active, reflecting the ideology of the budding ecology movement and railing against the increasing disengagement of the arts from social issues. Often choosing inaccessible locations and using the site itself as their canvas, Land Artists used the fabric of the earth – water, soil, rock and vegetation - as their primary materials, while paying homage to the historical uses of the site. As Land Artists depended largely on wealthy patrons or private foundations to create their monumental - and often monumentally expensive – projects, the movement faltered during the economic downturn of the 1970s and was further undermined by the co-opting of the works by commercial galleries. Nonetheless Land Artists such as Maya Lin, Robert Smithson, Nancy Holt and Michael Heizer continue to create extraordinary landscapes – wave fields, spiral jetties, lightning fields, and whole concrete mega-cities – which challenge our idea of landscape design. Gardens Trust talk by Katie Cambell.

Time: 10:00 GMT

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