Video The Largest Artwork in The World at Lake Baikal Siberia by Jim Denevan
Geschreven op 22-8-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Natuur
Artist Jim Denevan is in pursuit of the impermanent. From the vanishing curl of a wave to sand briefly stilled between tides, nature’s fleeting moments are his stock-in-trade.
The frozen surface of Siberia’s Lake Baikal presented a shifting, snow-blanketed canvas for Denevan’s specific brand of art: massive geometrical patterns carved into the earth, ever vulnerable to the elements.
These images document Denevan’s quest to create history’s largest work of art, while also illuminating the simple, arresting beauty of the natural world that he so keenly reveres. The incredible concentric forms are neither crop circles nor alien landings — they are part and parcel of the world’s largest artwork, which spans nine square miles. Jim Denevan, who created the previous worlds-largest-artwork in the Nevada desert last year, headed out to Siberia this year to draw these beautiful patterns on ice with a team of helpers and a broom.
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