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When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us
Robert Smithson
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Robert Smithson
Age: 35 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Died: 1973
Died: July 20
Art Theorist
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Conceptual Artist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Geologist
Land Artist
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Photographer
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Passaic
New Jersey
Robert I. Smithson
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