Smithson collecting stones and concrete in Bayonne, New Jersey for Nonsite “Line of Wreckage,” Bayonne, New Jersey, 1968.

Smithson collecting stones and concrete in New Jersey for Line of Wreckage, 1968

Smithson collecting stones and concrete in Bayonne, New Jersey for Nonsite “Line of Wreckage,” Bayonne, New Jersey, 1968.

Robert Smithson, Lake Edge Crescents—Egypt Valley, Ohio—Strip Mine Reclamation Project (1972)
Graphite, paint overlay on aerial photograph
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
Private collection

Robert Smithson's drawing of Lake Edge Crescents—Egypt Valley, Ohio—Strip Mine Reclamation Project

Robert Smithson, Lake Edge Crescents—Egypt Valley, Ohio—Strip Mine Reclamation Project (1972)
Graphite, paint overlay on aerial photograph
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
Private collection

Robert Smithson, King Kong Meets the Gem of Egypt (1972)
Collage and graphite on paper
10 1⁄2 x 18 in. (26.7 x 45.7 cm)
Collection IVAM, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Generalitat Valenciana

a collage of a mining crane and king kong

Margo Handwerker

Research Fellowships

A drawing of Lake Edge Crescents by Robert Smithson

Margo Handwerker is Chief Curator and Director of the Texas State Galleries at Texas State University. Handwerker holds a Ph.D. from the School of Architecture at Princeton University and a Masters in Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a member of M12 STUDIO, a group of artists, researchers, and writers collectively based in Big Springs, Nebraska.

Handwerker’s Fellowship expands on her doctoral dissertation “Art/Work: The Systems-Oriented Artist Expert, 1968–1984” by focusing on Robert Smithson’s 1972 proposal for Lake Edge Crescents in Ohio.

In December of 2022 Handwerker presented a digital webinar sharing the ideas generated during her Research Fellowship. The recording of this webinar is available above.

Margo Handwerker

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Research Fellowship Webinar with Margo Handwerker