Robert Smithson

Settings of a Life: Mark Ruwedel’s Message from the Exterior

‘While Ruwedel’s concise framing draws attention to the resemblance between one house and the next, it also compels us to reflect on the singular defeats that they portray, each one a small chip out of the American dream.’

Human Endeavour and Historical Process: The Landscape Photography of Mark Ruwedel

“My work in the landscape is ultimately about human culture, not about nature. I always think of landscape as historical, or historicized; as not existing outside of history.”