| Title |
Salt Flat |
| Creator |
Dennis Oppenheim |
| Creator Nationality |
American |
| Site |
Sixth Avenue |
| Location City/State |
New York, New York |
| Location Country |
United States |
| Style Period |
20th Century Art; Contemporary Art |
| Description |
Oppenheim spread 1,000 pounds of salt in a rectangle on an asphalt surface. Identical dimensions were transferred in 30 x 30 x 60 cm salt lick blocks to the ocean floor off the Bahama coast. Identical dimensions were excavated to a depth of 30 cm in the Salt Lake Desert, UT. Documentation of these events in the form of photographs and maps were exhibited in the gallery. |
| Subject |
Earth Art; Earthworks; Land Art; Environmental Art |
| Creation Date |
1968 CE |
| Medium |
color photographs, black and white photographs, topographic map |
| Dimensions |
152 x 102 cm |
| Source |
Land and Environmental Art. Phaidon, London, 1998. |
| Work ID |
12761 |
| Rights |
Digital Image Copyright University of Utah |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6nw2wct |
| Setname |
uu_aah_art |
| ID |
38508 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nw2wct |
