The water itself has a pinkish hue, with boulder-sized hunks of foam floating around on it.
The artist Robert Smithson used this barren landscape for his pioneering artwork, the Spiral Jetty. We were lucky enough to see it firsthand last summer.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Art on a Desert Lake
The north shore of the Great Salt Lake is a surreal place. Salt precipitates out of the water, encrusting everything.
The water itself has a pinkish hue, with boulder-sized hunks of foam floating around on it.
The artist Robert Smithson used this barren landscape for his pioneering artwork, the Spiral Jetty. We were lucky enough to see it firsthand last summer.
The water itself has a pinkish hue, with boulder-sized hunks of foam floating around on it.
The artist Robert Smithson used this barren landscape for his pioneering artwork, the Spiral Jetty. We were lucky enough to see it firsthand last summer.
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