Visual Arts · Sculpture & Three-Dimensional Art
A topic within Sculpture & Three-Dimensional Art, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Visual Arts.
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Smarthistory
Argues Smithson built his earthwork to be reclaimed and altered by the lake itself, making entropy and impermanence part of the work rather than a defect of its materials.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Robert Smithson
Argues earthworks should be built to register geological time and entropy rather than resist them, so that erosion and decay become part of the finished work instead of a defect in its materials.
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