Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson : England and Wales 1969

10 May-17 Aug 2013

Overview

John Hansard Gallery presents the work of two leading world figures within the Land Art movement - Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt - seeking to examine a short but significant moment within their working life together. Developed in consultation with curators Ben Tufnell and Dr Joy Sleeman, who are curating a major exhibition titled Land Art: The Art of Landscape in Britain 1967-79 opening at Southampton City Art Gallery in Spring 2013, the John Hansard Gallery continues a story started in the 1960’s. In August 1969, prompted by Smithson’s inclusion in the seminal exhibition at the ICA, ‘When Attitudes Become Form’, Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt came to the UK and spent one month travelling together to various sites throughout England and Wales. The exhibition aims to give a thorough overview of this journey, by showing a range of the photographic works and film works that Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt produced during the visit.