Nancy Holt
Born April 5, 1938, Concrete Massachusetts Poetry Died February 8, Audiotapes 2014, New York Videos Father: Chemical Photographs Engineer Site-specific Mother: Homemaker Installation Husband: Robert Artist’s Smithson Books 1960 Biology Major Major Public Graduate, Tufts Sculpture University Commissions
“I wanted to bring the vast space of the desert back to human scale . I had no desire to make a megalithic monument. The panoramic view of the landscape is too overwhelming to take in without visual reference points… through the tunnels, parts of the landscape are framed and come into focus … the work encloses surrounds… ”
Concrete Visions (1967) Composite inkjet print on archival rag paper taken from original 126 format black and white negatives; printed 2012 35 x 35 in; 88.9 x 88.9 cm
Western Graveyards (1968) 60 inkjet prints on archival rag paper, printed from original 126 format transparencies; printed 2012. 18 x 18 in; 45.7 x 45.7 cm
Hydra’s Head (1974) Mixed Media
Pine Barrens (1975) 30:24 min, colour, sound, 16mm film on HD video
Sun Tunnels (1973-6) Concrete, Steel, Earth Great Basin Desert, Utah
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Dark Star Park (1979-84) Multi Media Public Installation Rosslyn, Virginia
Solar Rotary (1995) University of South Florida, Tampa
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