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Partially Buried: Land-Based Art in Ohio, 1970 to Now

Talarico, Anna
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1619091088453042

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2021, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, History of Art.
In 1970, artist Robert Smithson created Partially Buried Woodshed on the campus of Kent State University, covering an abandoned woodshed with soil until its central beam cracked. Unsettling traditional notions of landscape and environmental art, Smithson’s project also addressed a connection to Ohio’s indigenous earthworks, many of which were destroyed—or willfully overlooked—by white settlers during the Frontier Era. In the decades since, artists have continued to approach Ohio’s landscape as a site and a subject, challenging the conventional representations of the state’s history and cultural legacy. Gathering works from a diverse group of artists, the exhibition Partially Buried: Land-Based Art in Ohio, 1970 to Now grapples with the state’s history as a former frontier territory, confronting unanswered questions around land use, interpretation, preservation, and representation.
Kristina Paulsen (Advisor)
Daniel Marcus (Committee Member)
Lisa Florman (Committee Member)
69 p.
Art History; Museum Studies; Museums
Land art; Earthworks; Ohio; Great Serpent Mound; Robert Smithson; Dorothy Gill Barnes; Mary Lucier; Brian Harnetty; Tacita Dean; Jimmie Durham; Dick Artenz; Jackie Ferrara; Michelle Stuart; Dawoud Bey; Center for Land Use and Interpretation

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  • Talarico, A. (2021). Partially Buried: Land-Based Art in Ohio, 1970 to Now [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1619091088453042

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Talarico, Anna. Partially Buried: Land-Based Art in Ohio, 1970 to Now. 2021. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1619091088453042.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Talarico, Anna. "Partially Buried: Land-Based Art in Ohio, 1970 to Now." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1619091088453042

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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