6 Books on Robert Smithson’s Shelf

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ntThis classic considers the psychological effects of colonization on several scales, from individual to societal. Here, the Martinican psychiatrist and philosopher is unambiguous: he describes colonization as land theft and frames land as more than mere proprerty. Land, instead, is essential for sustenence and human dignity, and to struggle against colonizers for land against is to fight dehumanization. Today, as critics cry neocolonialism regarding some of Smithsonu2019s interventions in unceded land, one wonders about the artistu2019s relationship to Fanonu2019s ideas.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:”Grove Press”,”url”:”https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/columns/robert-smithson-books-1234770823/”,”image_id”:1234770830,”image”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/71BagB0AFxL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?w=679″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/71BagB0AFxL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?w=163″,”width”:163,”height”:240},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/71BagB0AFxL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?w=326″,”width”:326,”height”:480},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/71BagB0AFxL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?w=407″,”width”:407,”height”:600},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/71BagB0AFxL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?w=521″,”width”:521,”height”:768},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/71BagB0AFxL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?w=679″,”width”:679,”height”:1000}},”fullWidth”:390,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntSmithson was apparently a Flaubert fan: he kept seven of his books. He was also, of course, a bibliomaniacu2014though perhaps not to the degree of this novelu2019s protagonist. A monk-turned-bookseller, this titular character becomes fanatically obsessed with rare books until he is driven to madness and murder. Itu2019s a cautionary tale about the impulse to possess (and commodify) books as objects, thereby missing their point.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/columns/robert-smithson-books-1234770823/”,”image_id”:1234770848,”image”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/biblio.jpg?w=888″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/biblio.jpg?w=170″,”width”:170,”height”:240},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/biblio.jpg?w=341″,”width”:341,”height”:480},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/biblio.jpg?w=426″,”width”:426,”height”:600},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/biblio.jpg?w=546″,”width”:546,”height”:768},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/biblio.jpg?w=727″,”width”:727,”height”:1024}},”fullWidth”:408,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null}],”galleryCount”:”6″,”galleryID”:”1234770823″,”previousPageLink”:””,”nextPageLink”:””,”template”:”item-featured-image”,”ordering”:”asc”,”galleryTitle”:”6 Books on Robert Smithsonu2019s Shelf”,”isList”:”1″,”logo”:[],”i10n”:{“backToArticle”:”Back to Article”,”backToAllGalleries”:”Back to All Galleries”,”backToReview”:”Back to Review”,”backToAllReviews”:”Back to All Reviews”,”thumbnail”:”Thumbnails”,”nextSlide”:”Next Slide”,”prevSlide”:”Previous Slide”,”skipAd”:”Skip Ad”,”skipIn”:”Skip In”,”of”:”of”,”missingSomething”:”You’re missing something!”,”subscribeNow”:”Subscribe Now”,”next”:”Next”,”nextGallery”:”Next Gallery”,”closeThisMessage”:”Close this message”,”closeModal”:”Close Modal”,”closeGallery”:”Close Gallery”,”startSlideShow”:”Start Slideshow”,”lightBox”:”Lightbox”,”scrollUp”:”Scroll Up”,”scrollDown”:”Scroll Down”,”look”:”Look”,”readMore”:”Read More”,”showLess”:”Show Less”,”vertical”:{“photo”:”Photo”}},”ads”:{“rightRailGallery”:{“html”:”t

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