Earth Art...is also known as earthworks or land art. It is art, made from nature. Earth Artists are expressing themselves through this free medium, paying homage to the land they came from. Some believe that land art is a form of protest or statement against the modern, "plastic" world. However, I disagree. Not all artists are always making a statement, sometimes they are trying to highlight certain things through art. A lot of what I've seen of Earth Art is people expressing themselves in a the most creative way, with their hands and the natural things around them. Its less about an art piece and more about the impression it makes on those who see it and the land itself.
Wikipedia's definition of Land art is: Land art, Earthworks, or Earth art is an art movement which emerged in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which landscape and the work of art are inextricably linked. Sculptures are not placed in the landscape, rather the landscape is the very means of their creation. The works frequently exist in the open, located well away from civilization, left to change and erode under natural conditions. Many of the first works, created in the deserts of Nevada, New Mexico, Utah or Arizona were ephemeral in nature and now only exist as video recordings or photographic documents.
It's an interesting art form because in a way its a very spiritual and personal art form. It erodes, disappears. Nature is meant to have its way with it, there isn't the sacredness in permanence but in the way nature moves your piece.
Earth Art can also start some cometary on permanence. What is permanent? To us a painting, our homes, the planet all seem permanent. Earth Art many times highlights the fact that all things come to an end.
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