- Tufts University
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Nancy Holt created site-specific works around light, astronomy, perception and landscape, most famously Sun Tunnels in the Utah desert. Her practice also included films, photographs, locator sculptures and public commissions.
Land art; sculpture; film
Artist Films
Measures of Distance: Space and Sign in the Work of Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1973–76Sun Tunnels
- 1971 onwardLocators
- 1972Views Through a Sand Dune
- 1974Boomerang
- 1975Pine Barrens
- 1974Hydra’s Head
- 1979–84Dark Star Park
- 1995Solar Rotary
- 1980–81Annual Ring
- 1977–78Rock Rings
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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