Land art is an art movement in which landscape and the work of art are inextricably linked. It is also an art form that is created in nature, using natural materials such as soil, rock (bed rock, boulders, stones), organic media (logs, branches, leaves), and water with introduced materials such as concrete, metal, asphalt, or mineral pigments. Sculptures are not placed in the landscape, rather, the landscape is the means of their creation. Often earth moving equipment is involved. The works frequently exist in the open, located well away from civilization, left to change and erode under natural conditions.

Read more about this art movement on Wikipedia. Here we bring some land art of our choice:

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Boris Pecigoš
Mindways, 2012
acrylic on paper, 70 x 43 cm

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Laura J. Antebi has travelled the world for artistic inspiration during the past fifteen years, journeying through Europe, Africa, the Middle & Far East and the New World. Using a variety of media, recycled materials, wires and processes Laura creates artworks and sculptural pieces that convey the spiritual essence and capture the spontaneity of the natural world. See some of her astonishing wire sculptures which capture the principle of stillness in motion that is so powerfully conveyed by the animal kingdom.

Laura J. Antebi’s web pages.

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Boris Pecigoš
Some New Skies Wait for Me, 2012
Neka nova nebesa čekaju na mene, 2012.
acrylic on paper, 70 x 50 cm

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Connecticut-based Amy Eisenfeld Genser creates elaborate reef structures adhered to canvas using rolls of colored paper and acrylic paint. The sources of her work are textures, patterns, and grids. She looks for forms that can be repeated to create a pattern when they are joined. Her work tries to capture the essence of an experience or an image she has seen. Amy often looks to the natural world for inspiration. She is fascinated by the flow of water, the organization of beehives, and the organic irregularity of plants, flowers, rock formations, barnacles, moss, and seaweed. Aerial views of our landscape can also be compelling; it is interesting how the organization of our landscape becomes quilt-like when viewed from above.

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Float, paper and acrylic on canvas, 91×106 cm

Float (side view)

Rust Square, paper and acrylic on canvas, 152×152 cm

Rust Square (side view)

Yellow Tide, paper and acrylic on canvas, 51×56 cm

Black & White Squares, paper and acrylic on canvas, 40×40 cm each

Midnight Flow, paper and acrylic on canvas, 76×102 cm

White Undulation, paper and acrylic on canvas, 46×106 cm

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Four Graces in front of Jean-Baptiste Regnault’s The Three Graces at Musée du Louvre

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