Category: Land Art

Jen Urso’s answer to giant, conspicuous land art

When it comes to resource consumption, the Phoenix artist, now showing in Overton, brings some nuance into the conversation

/ September 28, 2023

Rethinking land art at the Barrick

'Modern Desert Markings' is a beautiful exercise in how we carry ideas forward and prevent them from stagnating

/ July 5, 2023

Michael Heizer’s empty empire

Despite his reportedly encyclopedic knowledge of the region’s geologic and mineral makeup, Heizer has displayed a baffling incuriousness about the larger story of the land he digs, cuts, and plows

/ October 5, 2022

Nevada Museum of Art acquires Judy Chicago’s Fireworks Archives

She knew it would take a while for the world to get her work, so she kept very good records

/ May 22, 2020