Ancalmo never refers openly to Robert Smithson (1938 - 1973), but his project of importing park matter and memories into a gallery recalls the «non-sites» - containers of mineral matter from carefully mapped locations - that Smithson used to awaken gallery goers to differences between cultural and terrestrial space. (sfgate.com)
Tactile traces of the brush add to the illusion of watery flow as created in the more viscous mineral matter of oil paint. (metaphorcontemporaryart.com)
Lightsum is the portion of varve thickness contributed by mineral matter. (realclimate.org)