Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

Meticulously constructed out of interviews, photos, and footage of artists such as Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, and Robert Smithson, Troublemakers rediscovers the New York–based land artists of the 1960s and 70s who sought to transcend the limitations of reproducible art by producing earthworks on a monumental scale in the American southwest. The film is a beautiful tribute to the artists who established this more-relevant-than-ever genre and stand in marked contrast to the hyperspeculative contemporary art world of today. (72 mins., DCP)