La terre comme substance ou le Land Art

In the 1960s-1970s, more and more American artists began to question institutions and authorities. As they sought to make stronger connections between their work and the outside world, context became of paramount importance. Artists who had brought natural elements into the gallery started to go out...

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Auteur principal: Elmaleh, Éliane
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Français
Publié: 2002
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spelling cairn-RFEA_093_0065RFEARevue française d’études américaines https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2002-3-page-65?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.093.0065 La terre comme substance ou le Land Art Elmaleh, Éliane2002 EnvironnementLand ArtNatureTerreEarthEarthworksEnvironmentLand ArtNaturefre Revue française d’études américaines | 93 | 3 | 2002-09-01 | p. 65-77 | 0397-7870 RFEA_09345 In the 1960s-1970s, more and more American artists began to question institutions and authorities. As they sought to make stronger connections between their work and the outside world, context became of paramount importance. Artists who had brought natural elements into the gallery started to go outside to work in situ. Land Art also coincided with the “back to the earth” movements and environmental awareness, when renewed attention was being focused on the earth, the exhaustible resources of nature and the threat technology posed to nature’s balance. The aim of this article is to examine the contradictory nature of Land Art through the works known as “earthworks,” that is to say whose medium is earth, but it is also concerned with their monumental and site-specific dimension. The article also focuses on the construction of a relationship between art and environment and its contradictory impacts and meanings at the social, cultural and political levels.Cairn free access
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topic Environnement
Land Art
Nature
Terre
Earth
Earthworks
Environment
Land Art
Nature
spellingShingle Environnement
Land Art
Nature
Terre
Earth
Earthworks
Environment
Land Art
Nature
Elmaleh, Éliane
La terre comme substance ou le Land Art
topic_facet Environnement
Land Art
Nature
Terre
Earth
Earthworks
Environment
Land Art
Nature
description In the 1960s-1970s, more and more American artists began to question institutions and authorities. As they sought to make stronger connections between their work and the outside world, context became of paramount importance. Artists who had brought natural elements into the gallery started to go outside to work in situ. Land Art also coincided with the “back to the earth” movements and environmental awareness, when renewed attention was being focused on the earth, the exhaustible resources of nature and the threat technology posed to nature’s balance. The aim of this article is to examine the contradictory nature of Land Art through the works known as “earthworks,” that is to say whose medium is earth, but it is also concerned with their monumental and site-specific dimension. The article also focuses on the construction of a relationship between art and environment and its contradictory impacts and meanings at the social, cultural and political levels.
author Elmaleh, Éliane
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title La terre comme substance ou le Land Art
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