Earth-mapping : artists reshaping landscape

284 Pages·2005·56.05 MB·English

by  Casey

EARTH-MAPPING
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EARTH-MAPPING
Artists Reshaping Landscape
Edward S. Casey
University of Minnesota Press
Minneapolis • London
The author gratefully acknowledges the State University of New York, Stony Brook, for a sub-
vention toward the production of this book.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Casey, Edward S., 1939-
Earth-mapping : artists reshaping landscape / Edward S. Casey.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8166-4332-6 (he : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8166-4333-4 (pb : alk. paper)
1. Cartography—History. 2. Artists as cartographers. 3. Cartography—Philosophy. I. Title.
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To Jan Larson
Kansas soulmate and first mentor
To Parviz Mohassel and Christina Maile,
Wendy Gittler and Henry Tylbor,
Donna and Bruce Wilshire
East Coast painters, thinkers, friends
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CONTENTS
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Prologue: Mapping It Out with/in the Earth xiii
Part I. Earth Works That Map
1. Mapping with Earth Works: Robert Smithson on the Site 3
2. Memorial Mapping of the Land: Materiality in the Work of
Margot McLean 27
3. Mapping Down in Space and Time: Sandy Gellis Collecting
Traces 41
4. Plotting and Charting the Path: Voyaging to the Ends
of the Earth with Michelle Stuart 57
Concluding Reflections to Part I 91
Part II. Mapping the Landscape in Paintings
5. Getting Oriented to the Earth: Eve Ingalls Bringing Line
and Paint to Bear 107
6. Maps and Fields: Jasper Johns and Richard Diebenkorn
on Icons and the Land 123
1. Absorptive versus Cartographic Mapping:
Willem de Kooning on Bodies Moving in the
Landscape 139
8. Locating the General in the Earth Itself: Dan Rice
on Biding Time in Place 153
Last Thoughts on Part II 167
Epilogue: Wherefore Earth-Mapping? 175
Notes 193
Permissions 227
Index 229
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure 1.1. Robert Smithson, Non-site (1968) 7
Figure 1.2. Robert Smithson, Non-site, Franklin, New Jersey (1968) 11
Figure 1.3. Robert Smithson, The Hypothetical Continent ofLemuria (1969) 13
Figure 1.4. Robert Smithson, Aerial Map: Proposal for Dallas-Fort Worth
Regional Airport (1967) 20
Figure 1.5. Robert Smithson, Gyrostasis (1968) 21
Figure 1.6. Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1969-70) 22
Figure 1.7. Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1969-70) 22
Figure 1.8. Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1969-70) 23
Figure 1.9. Robert Smithson on the Spiral Jetty (1970) 23
Figure 1.10. Robert Smithson, Map for Double Non-site, California and
Nevada (1968) 25
Figure 3.1. Sandy Gellis, Condensed Spaces: Iron, Sand, String (1976) 42
Figure 3.2. Sandy Gellis, Night Views over Land from Seat 8A (1986) 44
Figure 3.3. Sandy Gellis, sketch for the Diomede Project (1989) 45
Figure 3.4. Sandy Gellis, Depth Charts (1988) 46
Figure 3.5. Sandy Gellis, New York City Rainfall: 1987 (1988) 50
Figure 3.6. Sandy Gellis, "Landscapes" (1976-present) 52
Figure 4.1. Michelle Stuart, Mare 15 (1972) 58
Figure 4.2. Michelle Stuart, No. 4 of "Moon" series (1973) 60
Figure 4.3. Michelle Stuart, Passages: Mesa Verde (1977-79) 62
Figure 4.4. Michelle Stuart, Niagara River Gorge Path Relocated (1975) 64
Figure 4.5. Michelle Stuart, Stone Alignments/Solstice Cairns (1979) 65
Figure 4.6. Michelle Stuart, Mariners Chart (detail), from Sacred
Precincts (1984) 68
Figure 4.7. Michelle Stuart, "Fish in the Sky, Whose Bottom Is Pebbly with Stars"
(from Henry David Thoreau, Walden) (1999) 71
Figure 4.8. Michelle Stuart, Sheep's Milk and the Cosmos (1999) 73
Figure 4.9. Michelle Stuart, Southern Hemisphere Star Chart II (1981) 81
Figure 4.10. Michelle Stuart, Diffusion Center: Fort Ancient Site, Ohio
(1979-80) 86
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