Stephen,
Your post reminds me to try to arrange to visit Smithson's Spiral Jetty (if
it's not buried in oil), Walter de Maria's Lighting Field, Donald Judd's
Marfa, Larry McMurtry's Booked Up, & James Turrell's Roden Crater on my
next leisurely drive across the southwest USA.
Why not write to John McCain about the problem? Who else would have more
sway in the southwest at this moment? I'm unable to sort out the inner
workings of government in Utah (and wouldn't want to, at this remove), but
I wouldn't be surprised if McCain was aware of the Spiral Jetty. I have no
idea of his aesthetics, however. He'd have to be more sophisticated than
W(orst).
I wonder why I haven't ever physically positioned myself next to the site-
specific public sculptures by Nancy Holt and Miriam Schapiro in nearby
Arlington Virginia. Slides and photos have passed before my eyes, but it
must be that I can't visualize their respective street addresses.
Barry
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