Land Art in America
Extended to 3 november 2019
When Planet Earth was photographed in the sixties during the Apollo space missions, it inspired the avant-garde artists who are in the exhibition Land Art in America, a photographic project by Gianfranco Gorgoni.
Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, Robert Smithson and later Christo with Jeanne Claude and Ugo Rondinone, take literally the ethereal message “the world is yours” represented by Photology AIR in Georg Reinking’s installation. In the project America’s “great outdoors”. This group of young artists leave behind the limited space of a traditional urban gallery by venturing into a monumental project. Courageous, significant and unique, describe the documentation of those years created by the Italian photo-artist Gianfranco Gorgoni. His installation inside the open air spaces of the ancient convent includes large format photographic works printed on aluminium with special treatment for the outdoors.
Gianfranco Gorgoni moved to New York in the 1960s, becoming a collaborator with L’Espresso and encountered Leo Castelli, who introduced him to the artists represented in his gallery: Warhol, Rauschenberg, Johns, Lichtenstein, Basquiat, Chamberlain. At Max Kansas City he had the chance to meet Smithson, Heizer and De Maria, with whom he would begin his project on the new avant-garde that will then take him to the American desert to photograph the great images of Land Art.
WORKS
Gianfranco Gorgoni / Nancy Holt
Sun Tunnels (1976), Lucin, Utah, 2017-2018
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
134 x 193 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni / Ugo Rondinone
Seven Magic Mountains – Sunrise (2016), Dry Lake, Nevada, 2016–2018
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
134 x 193 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni / Ugo Rondinone
Seven Magic Mountains – Moon Light (2016), Dry Lake, Nevada, 2016–2018
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
185 x 284 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni / Robert Smithson
Spiral Jetty (1970), Rozel Point, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1970–2018
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
134 x 193 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni / Robert Smithson
Spiral Jetty (1970), Rozel Point, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010–2018
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
185 x 284 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni / Christo & Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Island (1983) – Portrait, Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, 1983–2018
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
70 x 100 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni / Christo & Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Island (1983) – Portrait, Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, 1983–2018
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
100 x 70 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni / Christo & Jeanne Claude
Running Fence (1986) – Sunset, Marin-Sonoma, California, 1976-2018
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
134 x 193 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni photography © 1970
Michael Heizer’s Double Negative, 1969, Mormon Mesa, Overton, Nevada, 1978-2018
Artwork © Michael Heizer
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
134 x 193 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni photography © 1970
Michael Heizer’s Circular Surface Planar Displacement Drawing, 1970, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
Artwork © Michael Heizer
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
98 x 610 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni photography © 1970
Michael Heizer’s Circular Surface Planar Displacement Drawing (detail), 1970, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
Artwork © Michael Heizer
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
110 x 134 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
Gianfranco Gorgoni photography © 1970
Walter De Maria’s Desert Cross (detail), 1970, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
Artwork © Estate of Walter De Maria
HD printing technology on 3 mm. D-bond. UV polyurethane varnishing protection.
50 x 100 cm
Edition of 2 + 2 ap
SITE SPECIFIC WORK
Georg Reinking
Untitled (The World Is Yours), 2019
Iron forged in 12 elements
Total dimension 310 x 140 cm
Land Art in America | Photology