Max Andrews of Latitudes was commissioned to contribute an essay on a work by Robert Smithson (1938–1973) for the Holt/Smithson Foundation’s Scholarly Text Program.



Max chose to write on Smithson’s text “Aerial Art” published in Studio International in February 1969. In the text, Smithson presented proposals developed for Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport in 1966–67, in collaboration with Tippetts—Abbett—McCarthy—Stratton Architects and Engineers. His proposals envisioned extensive earthworks to be installed between the runways, created by himself as well as Carl Andre, Robert Morris, and Sol LeWitt. 



The Scholarly Text Program regularly commissions scholars from a range of disciplines to write on single artworks by Holt and/or Smithson, exploring how the artists’ ideas resonate through contemporary artistic and cultural production.



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