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Robert Smithson | | Birth Date: |
January 2, 1938 | | Death Date: |
July 20, 1973 | | Place of Birth: |
Passaic, New Jersey, United States | | Place of Death: |
Texas, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
artist |
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Biography of Robert Smithson
1,437 words, approx. 5 pages
 The sculptor, essayist, and filmmaker Robert Smithson (1938-1973) is most known for his site-specific environmental earth works. The sculptor Robert Smithson began his career as a painter. Born in Passaic, New Jersey, on January 2, 1938, Smithson was...


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Robert Smithson Information
1,644 words, approx. 6 pages
 Robert Smithson (January 2, 1938–July 20, 1973) was an American artist famous for his land art. Smithson was born in Passaic, New Jersey and studied painting and drawing in New York City at the Art Students League of New York. His early exhibited...




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 The New York Observer
Astutely Associative Tour Of an Overinflated Year
5/7/2006: 773 words, approx. 3 pages Years have vintages too: It doesn’t take a sommelier to recommend a 1776, an 1815, a 1989. Conversely, who’d want to lay in a year like, let us say, 1973? It’s the nadir of that supposed nadir of decades, the 1970’s. Watergate roiled the nation....
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 The New York Observer
Astutely Associative Tour Of an Overinflated Year
5/7/2006: 771 words, approx. 3 pages Years have vintages too: It doesn’t take a sommelier to recommend a 1776, an 1815, a 1989. Conversely, who’d want to lay in a year like, let us say, 1973? It’s the nadir of that supposed nadir of decades, the 1970’s. Watergate roiled the...
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 The New York Observer
An Eminent Art Historian Says Thanks for Nothing
12/3/2006: 975 words, approx. 3 pages When someone who was once at the helm of MoMA promises to confront our uncertainties about the last five decades of nonrepresentational art, it’s worth taking notice. But despite the clear and perceptive intelligence of author Kirk Varnedoe (1946-2003), Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since...
summary from source:
 The New York Observer
An Eminent Art Historian Says Thanks for Nothing
12/3/2006: 975 words, approx. 3 pages When someone who was once at the helm of MoMA promises to confront our uncertainties about the last five decades of nonrepresentational art, it’s worth taking notice. But despite the clear and perceptive intelligence of author Kirk Varnedoe (1946-2003), Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since...


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