Lake Baikal Jim Denevan
Jim denevan creates temporary drawings on sand earth and ice that are eventually erased by waves and weather.
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These incredibly huge concentric forms were created by american artist jim denevan by carving out ice from the frozen lake of baikal in siberia. Land artist jim denevan has created the world s largest work of art to date. The drawing is the world s largest single artwork. These drawings range in scale from smaller beach compositions to large scale land works the size of a city.
The artist who created similar massive art on sand in the nevada desert last year headed out to siberia this year to draw these beautiful patterns on ice with a team of helpers and a broom. Jim denevan who created the previous worlds largest artwork in the nevada desert last year headed out to siberia this year to draw these beautiful patterns on ice with a team of helpers and a. In march of 2010 jim denevan and his crew created a large scale artwork on the frozen surface of lake baikal russia. March 2010 denevan was commissioned by the anthropologist to create a large scale drawing on lake baikal.
On the surface of the frozen lake baikal landscape artist jim denevan and his team drew the biggest drawing in the world said live angarsk the length of the unusual and very beautiful figure 33 square kilometers and is the 4469 football fields. The creative process of denevan and his crew of eight was filmed by director meredith danluck for the art hard documentary which premiered 17 december at the nevada museum of art. Jim denevan lake baikal. Known for his large scale artworks on stretches of bare sand and dry lake beds jim denevan is ever searching for the perfect ephemeral canvas.
In march of 2010 land artist jim denevan born 1961 and his crew journeyed to the world s largest lake lake baikal in southwestern sib. He realized how the beaches were empty canvas and felt the appeal the fill the void. Spanning 31 km sq the project is a drawing on the frozen surface of the siberian lake baikal.