Spiral Jetty (Robert Smithson)

Spiral Jetty, created by Robert Smithson in 1970, is a large-scale earthwork located in Utah’s Great Salt Lake. It features a coiled, spiral-shaped jetty made from rocks, salt crystals, and earth that extends into the water. As an art piece, it explores themes of nature, time, and entropy, blending the landscape with human intervention. Its changing appearance—varying with water levels, weather, and salt deposits—embodies the dynamic relationship between environment and art, inviting viewers to reflect on natural processes and the passage of time through a monumental, sculptural form integrated into the landscape.