Plant will be the subject of our Artist Profile in the March edition of 15 Bytes. the holt/smithson foundation which works to produce exhibitions. One work on display is Plant’s “The Conversation,” inspired by Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty and accompanied by the following poem.ĭouble Vision, featuring assemblages by Jody Plant and Frank McEntire opens at Finch Lane Gallery Friday, March 4th, 6-8 pm, and continues through April 15. gorgoni famously shot the work of artist robert smithson, including spiral jetty, a 1970 earthwork located in utah.

(photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) We walked about the Jetty with the sun hot upon our skin, the smell of the salt air filling our nose and lungs, and the feel of salt crystals on our fingers (having knelt to examine the minerals that carpeted the environ). In Double Vision the two artists use assemblage to combine an exploration of the four classical elements of earth, wind, fire and water with an evocation of a fifth, a transcendent, fleeting element conjured up in the studio. This film, made by the artist, Robert Smithson, with the assistance of Virgina Dwan, Dwan Gallery & Douglas Christmas, Director, Ace Gallery, (the aforementioned Dwan & Christmas also assisted Smithson financially with the making of the Spiral Jetty), is a poetic and process minded film depicting a portrait of his renowned earth. Rozel Point shore near Spiral Jetty, taken June 2016. On Friday evening, the joint exhibition by Jody Plant and Frank McEntire that opens at Finch Lane Gallery (6-8 pm) may provide material support for the bill. Photograph of Robert Smithson’s earthwork, Spiral Jetty, located at Rozel Point, Utah on the shore of the Great Salt Lake Netherzone, CC BY-SA 4. The bill began as a school project and Edwards will be arguing why the bill “makes sense and is important for Utah and for the arts, tourism, and scientific community.” This Friday, Representative Becky Edward’s bill HB 134 to name Spiral Jetty the “State Work of Art” will be heard in the Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee.At 8:00 am on Friday, March 4, HB 134, State Work of Art, will be heard in the Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee.

Spiral jetty 2016