Robert Smithson, Glue Pour (1969)
Photograph: Robert Smithson
Glue Pour was created for the exhibition 995,000, curated by Lucy Lippard for Vancouver Art Gallery. In December 1969 Smithson positioned a large drum of bottle gum glue, industrially produced by the Canadian company National Adhesives, at the crest of a hill and tipped the container over. This image was taken immediately after the pour began. The temporary sculpture exists as a 126 format transparency.
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