Earth Art Exhibit Site

Name:	Earth Art Exhibit Site
Category:	Cultural
Archive ID#:	NY3187
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Description:	A groundbreaking exhibit called "Earth Art" was held at the Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art at Cornell University in 1969, curated by Willoughby Sharp. Included in the exhibit were Hans Haacke, Neil Jenney, Richard Long, David Medalla, Robert Morris, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Smithson, and Gunter Uecker. Most of the works were installed inside galleries. The outdoor works included, Jan Dibbets' "A Trace in the Woods in the Form of an Angle of 30 degrees Crossing a Path," which consisted of a line of approximately 300 of overturned turf. The walk through woods was part of piece. David Medalla made a mound of muddied earth behind the museum, and Dennis Oppenheim cut ice on a river with a chainsaw. Smithson did a mirror displacement in a salt mine, and featured the site as a "nonsite" in the gallery. Apparently nothing of the outdoor works remains.
Location:	Ithaca (POINT(-76.486387252808 42.449934748276)) (show on map)
Address:	NY Tompkins County
Links:	http://www.cornell.edu/ http://www.museum.cornell.edu/HFJ/about/generalinfo.html
LCS:	Cultural, Land Art
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