Episode Notes

Books

• Beardsley, John. Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape. New York: Abbeville Press, 1998.

  https://archive.org/details/earthworksbeyond0000bear
• Smithson, Robert. The Collected Writings of Robert Smithson. Edited by Jack Flam. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.

  https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520203853/the-collected-writings
• Holt, Nancy. The Writings of Robert Smithson: Essays with Illustrations. New York University Press, 1979.

  https://archive.org/details/writingsofrobert0000smit
• Tufnell, Ben. Land Art. London: Tate Publishing, 2006.

  https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/robert-smithson-1979
• Kwon, Miwon. One Place After Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002.

  https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262612029/one-place-after-another
• Shapiro, Gary. Earthwards: Robert Smithson and Art After Babel. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.

  https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520214132/earthwards

Journal Articles

• Boettger, Suzaan. “Global Warnings: Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty in the Era of Climate Change.” Art Journal 67, no. 2 (2008): 24-45.

  https://doi.org/10.1080/00043249.2008.10791327
• Krauss, Rosalind. "Sculpture in the Expanded Field." October 8 (Spring 1979): 30–44.

  https://doi.org/10.2307/778224
• Roberts, Jennifer L. "The Mirror Displaced: Robert Smithson’s 'Spiral Jetty' and the Mirror Travel Works." October 100 (Spring 2002): 21-50.

  https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/016228702753711781
• Foster, Hal. “The Crux of Minimalism.” October 30 (Fall 1984): 31-46.

  https://doi.org/10.2307/778357
• Strain, Ellen. "Desert Sites: 'Spiral Jetty' and the Cultural Construction of an American Wilderness." The Yale Journal of Criticism 12, no. 2 (1999): 257-281.

  https://muse.jhu.edu/article/13137

Documentary Films and Multimedia

• Spiral Jetty: The First 50 Years. Directed by George Trimmer. Documentary Educational Resources, 2020.

  https://www.der.org/spiral-jetty-the-first-50-years/
• Holt, Nancy, and Robert Smithson. Spiral Jetty: A Film by Robert Smithson. Electronic Arts Intermix, 1970.

  https://www.eai.org/titles/spiral-jetty
• PBS. “Land Art: Robert Smithson and Spiral Jetty.” Art21: Art in the 21st Century. PBS, 2001.

  https://art21.org/watch/spiral-jetty/

Exhibition Catalogs

• Whitney Museum of American Art. Robert Smithson: Retrospective Works 1955-1973. New York: Whitney Museum, 1985.

  https://whitney.org/exhibitions/robert-smithson
• Dia Art Foundation. Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty and Other Works. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2004.

  https://www.diaart.org/exhibition/exhibitions-projects/robert-smithson

Online Resources and Archives

• Dia Art Foundation. "Spiral Jetty." Accessed October 25, 2024.

  https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit/robert-smithson-spiral-jetty
• Utah Museum of Fine Arts. “Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty: A Guide.” Last modified 2020.

  https://umfa.utah.edu/spiral-jetty
• Holt/Smithson Foundation. “Spiral Jetty: A Legacy.” Accessed October 25, 2024.

  https://holtsmithsonfoundation.org/spiral-jetty

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