What was the inspiration for the piece The Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson?#?

Answer 1

The Great Serpent Mound -- which is a Pre-Columbian Indian monument, located in southwest Ohio -- was partly the inspiration for The Spiral Jetty. One of Mr. Smithson's goals was to place work IN the land rather than ON the land -- and voila, The Spiral Jetty is just that, located IN the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

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Answer 2

an indian burial mound, art based sculptor this is one of many works from this sculptor that is produced from inspiration from the past his work is considered by many to be at the forefront of of ''land art''. LF