The Ethics of Earth Art

by Amanda Boetzkes

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Author(s)

Amanda Boetzkes

Publication, year

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2010

Scope

236 Pages, illustrated, 21 cm.

ISBN

9780816665891

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In The Ethics of Earth Art, Amanda Boetzkes analyzes the development of the earth art movement, arguing that such diverse artists as Robert Smithson, Ana Mendieta, James Turrell, Olafur Eliasson, and Ichi Ikeda are connected through their definition of the earth as a domain of ethical concern. Boetzkes contends that in basing their works’ relationship to the natural world on receptivity rather than representation, earth artists take an ethical stance that counters both the instrumental view that seeks to master nature, and the Romantic view that posits a return to a mythical state of unencumbered continuity with nature.

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Person as subject

Robert Smithson, Ana Mendieta, James Turrell, Olafur Eliasson, Ichi Ikeda, …[et al.]

Location

Cabinet 23 - 2: Kunst, natuur en landschap

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.