Earth Works of the American Southwest

I just returned from a 17 day art history road trip. The focus of the trip was earth works and land art but we also sopped at a few museums along the way. I would love to show and explain everything I saw however, as I found out, most of these works need to be experienced. If I were to post what I saw you would be reading a micro history that would not help you to understand the work much more then you currently do.

Instead here is a list of the things we saw and some pictures. Better pictures can be found on Google.

"The Big X" by Robert Morris in Grand Rapids, MI
"Effigy Tumuli" by Michael Heizer in Moris, IL
"Spiral Jetty" by Robert Smithson in Golden Spike, Utah
"Sun Tunnels" by Nancy Holt in Lucin, Utah
"Double Negative" by Michael Heizer in Overton, NV
"Roden crater" by James Turrell in Flagstaff, AZ
"Lightning Field" by Walter De Maria in West, NM
"Amarillo Ramp" by Robert Smithson in Amarillo, TX
Judd museum and home in Marfa TX



A picture is worth a thousand words but some experiences make you rethink what everything is worth.