Robert Smithson

Robert Smithson was famous for his land art. Most of his work is on land and its all spiral. This is a spiral Jetty that was created in Salt Lake, Utah in 1970. It seems like Smithson created this spiral jetty out of salt rocks, mud, basalt rocks, and water. The spiral jetty is about 1,500 long and 15 foot wide. The spiral jetty seems to go counterclockwise and it seems to be very visible in the shore of the salt lake. The level of the water seems to be low because you could see the spiral in the lake. However, according to some research that I did the water level seem to be risen. Therefore, within the next years this spiral jetty might not be able to be seen anymore. The spiral jetty also looks like a track where people can walk on it. It also looks like a place where someone can take a walk in the afternoon an experience the view of the Great Salt Lake. Smithson used about 6,550 tons of rocks, this piece of art cost around 9,000 dollars. Also, this piece of construction took around six days. This is a very interesting piece of art because its composed of rocks and mud and all the things that nature provides for us without using any kind of chemicals. The water around the spiral jetty are red and this is due because of the chemicals the water has.