There Will Be Drilling -- There May Not Be Art

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We're all going round the same spiral

For aficionados of avant-garde art, the Spiral Jetty -- created by Robert Smithson (1938-1973) -- is an icon of the American West. The 1,500-foot-long jetty, composed of basalt and earth, juts into Utah's Great Salt Lake at Rozel Point. Unlike conventional jetties, Smithson's takes a sharp counterclockwise turn, then curves like a young fiddlehead fern.

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There Will Be Drilling -- There May Not Be Art

A trip to the Spiral Jetty can feel like a pilgrimage. The work's remote location means that it's not on the way to someplace else. To see this earthwork, visitors make a trek through a strange and magni- ficent landscape. Of late, lovers of art and nature are not the only ones who have been visiting Rozel Point; on Jan. 7, 2008, Pearl Mo...

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