Robert Smithson and Process

Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty

Art is the product of process.  According to Kit White, "whether conceptual, experimental, emotional, or formal, the process you develop yields the image you produce...the cumulative result of that process is a body of work."  For Smithson to create this land art, it took a great deal of planning before the actually work was created.  In my opinion, a lack of process will be reflected in the final artwork for either good or bad.  Though spontaneity has its place and who can define how much process needs to be done.  Some artists can spend as much as a year and some minutes on process.  Whatever you do, enjoy the process.  Enjoy!