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Star Axis
''Star Axis'' is an earthwork built by American sculptor Charles Ross (artist), Charles Ross to observe the stars, which is considered to be a defining example of land art.Hass, Nancy"What Happens When a Single Art Project Becomes a Decades-Long Obsession?,"''The New York Times'', September 18, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2022.Needham, Alex"Thunderbolts and time travel: my journey to the cosmic heart of land art,"''The Guardian'', May 11, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2022.Beachy-Quick, Dan"Cosmic Dancer: Dan Beachy-Quick on Charles Ross’s Star Axis,"''Artforum'', October 28, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2022. The roughly eleven-story architectonic sculpture and naked-eye observatory is situated on a mesa in the eastern plains of the New Mexico desert.Ottmann, Klaus. "Lightness of Being: The Art of Charles Ross,''Charles Ross: The Substance of Light'' Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2022.Hass, Nancy''The New York Times'', July 21, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ross (artist)
Charles Ross (born 1937) is an American contemporary artist known for work centered on natural light, time and planetary motion.McEvilley, Thomas. "Charles Ross: Following the North Star,''Charles Ross: The Substance of Light'' Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2022.Kuspit, Donald. "Charles Ross: Light's Measure," ''Art in America'', March–April 1978, p. 96–9.Karlin, Susan''The New York Times'', November 3, 2002. Retrieved February 2, 2022. His practice spans several art modalities and includes large-scale prism and solar spectrum installations, "solar burns" created by focusing sunlight through lenses, paintings made with dynamite and powdered pigment, and ''Star Axis'', an earthwork built to observe the stars.Beachy-Quick, Dan"Charles Ross, Rule Gallery,"''Artforum'', December 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2022.Hass, Nancy''The New York Times'', September 18, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2022.Adlmann, Jan Ernst"Charles Ross,"''Art in America'', October 5, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |