{"product_id":"artists-on-robert-smithson-9780944521915","title":"Artists on Robert Smithson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtists from Matthew Buckingham to Diana Thater address the rich legacy of Robert Smithson's films, sculptures and \u003ci\u003eSpiral Jetty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the fifth volume in a series that builds upon Dia Art Foundation's Artists on Artists lectures. The contributors to \u003ci\u003eArtists on Robert Smithson\u003c\/i\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; Mark Dion's didactic approach to the life and work of the artist recounts the conceptual and evolutionary conditions that led to his birth and development; Teresita Fern ndez confronts the limitations of dominant histories of place, art and 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 \u003ci\u003eSpiral Jetty\u003c\/i\u003e film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dia Art Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780944521915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d","brand":"Robert Smithson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470633947317,"sku":"9780944521915","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8591c100-6e8b-4a30-bdd0-3a0f4fa457cd.jpg?v=1612926409","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/artists-on-robert-smithson-9780944521915","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}