Another topic in this week’s lecture that was interesting to me was the discussion on land art, and whether it is permanent or not, as well as how art of this form can be moving. When doing further research on this topic, I came across an article about the “Troublemakers,” artists who challenged the modern art world and brought contemporary art outside gallery walls. In the 1960s and 1970s, this group of artists came together and abandoned the confines and limitations of museum and gallery space. They instead used the earth as their canvas. This statement, “The earth as a canvas,” is so powerful to me. It inspires me to want to use the earth in a way that can emphasis the vastness of space to create something great. I think another interesting characteristic of land art is that it has the ability to become a spectacle because of how vast it can become. This land art causes us to rethink what art can be and where it belongs, something I think is necessary in today’s world of ever-changing mediums.
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