Land Art Mandala

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Land Art. An activity for Primary and Secondary Education

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LAND ART MANDALA

LAND ART Land Art is an artistic movement emerged in America during the 1960s

Artists use elements found in nature to build a work of art that works in harmony with a given location.

Land art was usually documented in artworks using photographs and maps which the artist could exhibit in a gallery

ROBERT SMITHSON

RICHARD LONG

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

AGUSTIN IBARROLA

WHAT’S A MANDALA?

MANDALA means CIRCLE in

Sanskrit (language of Hinduism)

Circles are a powerful symbol

found in every culture

Mandalas have a spiritual

meaning: they have been long

been used to facilitate meditation

in the Indian and Tibetan religions

Mandalas can be created in group

Let’s create our own Land Art Mandala!