Robert Smithson, Claudio Abate, Markus Karstiess. Was die erde sieht-With the eyes of the earth

49 years ago Robert Smithson made his first earthwork Asphalt Rundown in October 1969 in an abandoned quarry near Rome with Galleria L’Attico.
This publication brings together rare and previously unpublished material from the Archivio Claudio Abate  and Fabio Sargentini (Galleria L’Attico) documenting the iconic flow and the exhibition Smithson realized inside Galleria L’Attico, as well as sculptures and video works from Markus Karstiess who made a dig for the remains of the asphalt in 2014.

Produced in the occasion of the exhibition With the Eyes of the Earth, at COLLI independent art gallery, Rome.