Title: Environmental Art Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Headings: Environmental Art
Environmental Art
Summary of Environmental Art
Key Ideas & Accomplishments
Overview of Environmental Art
Key Artists
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Important Art and Artists of Environmental Art
Ocean Landmark (1978-80)
Pinfold Cones (1981-85)
Wheatfield, a Confrontation (1982)
Useful Resources on Environmental Art

Content: By looking for new and sometimes unique and surprising locations, artists not only remove the power from high-powered art-dealers, buyers, and from the art-market in general, but also question the need for an audience (and art buyers) at all. Instead, artists emphasise the birth of the idea and the process of creation, without insisting that the work needs to be seen by many people, or indeed by anyone at all. Overview of Environmental Art
Environmental art, also known as ecological art, encompasses several different forms and practices that engage with, and represent the environment. It is distinct in its less specific time period and greater scope of art. As Professor John E. Thornes noted, "Environmental art is [...] a new genre to describe works of art that are not only directly representational of the environment (the 19 th century wonders such as John Constable's Cloud Series, Claude Monet's London Series, or Paul Cézanne's Mont Sainte Victoire Series ), but also works of art that are clearly nonrepresentational and performative in terms of much less direct interpretation but more active engagement of the audience such as Richard Long's A Line Made by Walking or James Turrell's Skyspaces. Beginnings and Development
Concepts, Trends, & Related Topics
Later Developments and Legacy
Key Artists
Andy Goldsworthy
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Andy Goldsworthy creates site-specific, delicate, and intricate Earthworks. He often uses photography to capture his nature-based artworks at their apexes. Agnes Denes
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Anges Denes created art with a focus on environmental concerns - she is known for her installations in a range of media, working from writings and sculpture to computer rendered diagrams. Olafur Eliasson
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Olafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist who is known for his sculptures and large-scale installations that create diverse pieces intended to propose critical interventions within existing social systems, an effort that is designed to inspire debate and fresh perceptions, or to catalyze change. Do Not Miss
Earth Art
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Earth art, or Land art, a term coined by artist Robert Smithson, refers to artworks from the 1960s and '70s that employed the earth and other natural elements.