Partially Buried Woodshed

Partially Buried Woodshed

Partially Buried Woodshed [http://www.robertsmithson.com/earthworks/partially_det5.htm photo] is a work of land art created by Robert Smithson. It was created at Kent State University in January 1970. The work has since been demolished, and only concrete remains in the grass. It is located southeast of the Liquid Crystal Institute building on the Kent State University main campus.

Shortly after the Kent State shootings, which took place on May 4, 1970, an inscription was added to the artwork that recontextualized the work in such a way that it came to be associated by some with the event. [http://www.robertsmithson.com/earthworks/partially_det5.htm photo]

In her 1996 multimedia work "Partially Buried", visual artist Renée Green explores the history of the shootings within a wider historical and cultural context.

Further reading

* cite book
last = Graziani
first = Ron
title = Robert Smithson and the American Landscape
publisher = Cambridge University Press
date=2004
pages = p. 36ff
isbn= 0521827558

* cite book
last = Shinn
first = Dorothy
title = Robert Smithson's Partially Buried Woodshed
publisher = KSU School of Art, exhibition catalog
date=1990

External links

* [http://www.robertsmithson.com/earthworks/partially.htm "Partially Buried Woodshed" page] from Robert Smithson site
* [http://www.wksu.org/news/story/18077 WKSU radio station report, with before and after pictures]
* [http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/other/smithson.html Page from Kent State University Libraries and Special Collections]


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