The “LandWorks” exhibit, currently at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciencesuntil July 14 andcurated by LBIF’s Lydia Owens, recognizes the 50th anniversary of an “Earthworks” exhibit held at LBIF in 1969 that contained a surprising number of soon-to-be-famous artists. Those with the best name recognition would be Christo, who with Jeanne-Claude would create the 23-mile-long “The Gates” installation in Central Park, sculptor Robert Smithsonand composer Phillip Glass.

The current exhibit of 16 international artists continues the themes of that early “Earthworks” exhibit: site-specific…