{"product_id":"artists-on-robert-smithson","title":"Artists on Robert Smithson","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the fifth volume in a series that builds upon Dia Art Foundation’s Artists on Artists lectures. The contributors to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtists on Robert Smithson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e engage with Smithson’s work in myriad ways: Matthew Buckingham’s essay highlights Smithson’s preoccupation with the ways that histories of the earth are constructed and contested; Abraham Cruzvillegas considers Smithson’s work with broken glass and architecture; through a playful, didactic approach Mark Dion's piece recounts, from prehistoric times onward, the conceptual and evolutionary conditions that led to the artist's birth and development; Teresita Fernández confronts the dominant histories of place, art, and concepts of the monumental; Trevor Paglen considers Smithson’s iconic spiral and his fascination with natural history; Rayyane Tabet weaves together a history of basalt that reveals themes of colonialism, surveillance, and strife; and finally, engaging with the science-fiction canon and its cinematic conventions, Diana Thater provides a close reading of Smithson’s Spiral Jetty film.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Idea House 3","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147885887783,"sku":null,"price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0189\/1367\/files\/aoa-0191_20crop.jpg?v=1700324118","url":"https:\/\/shop.walkerart.org\/products\/artists-on-robert-smithson","provider":"Walker Art Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}