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In the late 1960s, against a backdrop of cultural alienation and a radical questioning of the market system, many American and European artists decided to move away from the confined space of studios and galleries out into the landscape. The practice of Land Art proposes some original thinking on the territory and explores the question of borders, mapping and perception of space. The result of direct interventions on nature, the works are destined to disappear sooner or later. The art object as such is discarded in favour of the creative process and extending the language of art. Photography, video, drawing or text then take on a new role as they document these art actions. Meanwhile, landscape photographs and volume works question the possible interactions of man and nature. By the yardstick of environmentalism, artists give us a view of nature as being wounded, depleted and wild, but never idealized. Urban landscapes and industrial sites are testimony to radical transformation and foster new modes of representation. Some artists, however, prefer to uphold a romantic pictorial tradition as they attempt a return to a perception of nature in its totality and to rebuild man’s lost unity with his environment.
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