I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation.
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When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us.Robert Smithson
Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art .
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Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem.
Robert Smithson
Some artists imagine they've got a hold on this apparatus, which in fact has got a hold of them. As a result, they end up supporting a cultural prison that is out of their control.
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Language should be an ever developing procedure and not an isolated occurrence.
Robert Smithson
Visiting a museum is a matter of going from void to void.
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