Land Art Contemporary year-long initiative showcases works of art located in the countryside of
Drenthe, a province in the northeastern Netherlands, which will be complemented with a
n international events programme dealing with the
contemporary aspects of Land art. Starting on 17 September 2011, the
programme is linked to the
40th anniversary of the creation of
Robert Smithson's film
Broken Circle/Spiral Hill in Emmen for the exhibition Sonsbeek 1971.
The
project will continue in 2012–13, with a series of 'assignments' to contemporary artists "a number of artists will be set the assignment of creating a work in the spirit of Smithson, whereby the landscape is viewed as a continual process that is constantly in a state of transformation due to the interaction between man and nature", to be curated by
SKOR's curators Nils van Beek and Theo Tegelaers.
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Land Art Contemporary is an initiative of STICHTING LACDA, Drenthe, a foundation established in 2011 by the Sanders-Ten Holte family. The program has been made possible thanks to (content and financial) support from SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain, Province of Drenthe, European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe Investing in Rural Areas (LEADER), Municipality of Coevorden, Municipality of Emmen, Cultuurfonds BNG and the Sanders-Ten Holte family.