A presentation to accompany the Teachers Reource Pack for Chris Drury's 'Fingermaze' sculpture. The presentation considers the history and development of land and environmental art from Smithson's 'Spiral Jetty' to more contemporary work of Simon Starling.

1. Environmental
and Land Art
Accompanies 'Fingermaze' in Hove Park Schools Resource
Produced by Brighton & Hove City Council and Brighton & Hove Arts Commission
February 2007

2. Slide 2. Lascaux cave paintings

3. Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson
Slide 3. ‘Spiral Jetty’, Robert Smithson, 1970 © The estate of Robert Smithson

4. Slide 4. ‘Roden Crater’, James Turrell, 1974-present

5. David Nash ‘Incised Pyramid, Sphere Cube’
Slide 5. ‘Incised Pyramid, Sphere, Cube’, David Nash, 2000 © the artist, courtesy Annely Juda Fine Art.

6. Slide 6. ‘Wooden Boulder’ Project, David Nash, 1978-present © The Artist, courtesy Annely Juda Fine Art.

7. David Nash ‘Wooden Boulder in snow’
Slide 7. ‘Wooden Boulder’ Project, David Nash, 1978-present © The Artist, courtesy Annely Juda Fine Art.

8. Slide 8. ‘Fingermaze’, Chris Drury, stone & lime mortar, Hove Park, 2006 Photo © Matthew Andrews

9. Slide 9. ‘Fingermaze’, Chris Drury, mown grass, Stanmer Park, Brighton 2006 Photo © Roger Bamber

10. Slide 10. ‘Fingerprint Mural’, Chris Drury, earth, Montalvo, 2005

11. Slide 11. ‘Heart of Reeds’ Chris Drury, living reed bed, Lewes, 2004

12. Richard Long
Slide 12. ‘Mahalakshmi Hill Line’, Richard Long, Warli Tribal Land, Maharashtra, India, 2003 Image courtesy of the artist

13. Richard Long ‘A walking and
running circle’
Slide 13. ‘A Walking and Running Circle’, Richard Long, Warli Tribal land, India, 2003
Image courtesy of the artist

14. Richard long
Slide 14. ‘A Walking and Running Circle’, Richard Long, Warli Tribal land, India, 2003 Image courtesy of the artist

15. Slide 15. ‘One Hour’ Richard Long, textwork, 1984 Image courtesy of the artist

16. Richard Box ‘The Field’
Slide 16. ‘The Field’ Richard Box, fluorescent tubes in power field, Bristol, 2004 Photo by Stuart Bunce, courtesy of the artist

17. Slide 17. ‘Brains’ Richard Box, neon tubes in power field, Wales, 2002 Photo. courtesy of the artist.

18. Karen Moser ‘Enlightening
globes’
Slide 18. ‘Enlightening Globes’, Karen Moser, mixed media, 2003

19. Slide 19. ‘Running Tap’, Mark McGowan, 2005

20. Simon Starling
Slide 20. ‘Unnecessary Car Journey’, Mark McGowan, 2005

21. Slide 21. ‘Tabernas Desert Run’, Simon Starling, mixed media, 2004 Copyright Simon Starling, courtesy of Glasgow City Council (Museums)

22. Slide 22. ‘Tabernas Desert Run’, Simon Starling, watercolour on paper, 2004 Copyright Simon Starling, courtesy of Glasgow City Council (Museums)

23. Slide 23. ‘Icarus Palm’, Douglas White, discarded tyres, 2005
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Image courtesy of the Cass Sculpture Foundation

24. Justin Carter ‘Sustainable indulgence’
Slide 24. ‘Sustainable Indulgence’, Justin Carter, 2004