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Something Between Want and Desire: Michael Heizer's "Levitated Mass" Michael Heizer, San Diego Photography, Water Tower, Los Angeles County, Sculpture Installation, Outdoor Art, Land Art, Op Art, As It Was

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Michael Heizer's "Levitated Mass"

I watched the spectacle of Levitated Mass online as it was moved from a quarry in Riverside to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art over the period of ten nights in 2012. In person, it is a sight to be hold and very easy to photograph multiple times at every angle. The image above depicts one of the two entries which, fortunately, only featured five people (rather than two dozen) photographing themselves as Hercules lifting the 21' high, 340 ton monolith over their heads. I was curious about…

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Dystopian Architecture, Michael Heizer, Roskilde Festival, Earth City, Monumental Architecture, Architecture Sculpture, Nevada Desert, Desert Art, Earth Art

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Michael Heizer’s ‘city’ art installation

Post all architecture that looks like it belongs in a classic skateboarding game. These features can be accidental or otherwise.

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Michael Heizer, born in 1944 in Berkeley, California, is a key figure in the Land Art movement, known for his monumental, site-specific sculptures. Raised in an artistic environment with an anthropologist father and an educator mother, Heizer briefly attended the San Francisco Art Institute before exploring the American West deserts. His early notable work, “Double Negative” (1969-70), involves displacing 240,000 tons of earth to create two massive trenches in the Nevada desert. Another signi... Land Art Photography, Michael Heizer Land Art, Michael Heizer, Human Impact On The Environment, Double Negative, Future Artist, Circle Tattoos, James Turrell, Nevada Desert

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Michael Heizer, born in 1944 in Berkeley, California, is a key figure in the Land Art movement, known for his monumental, site-specific sculptures. Raised in an artistic environment with an anthropologist father and an educator mother, Heizer briefly attended the San Francisco Art Institute before exploring the American West deserts. His early notable work, “Double Negative” (1969-70), involves displacing 240,000 tons of earth to create two massive trenches in the Nevada desert. Another…

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Michael Heizer City

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Michael Heizer’s “City”, a work in-progress since 1972

CITY, by Michael Heizer, and crew. Location: Hiko, Nevada (map)

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Michael Heizer | Exhibitions & Projects | Exhibitions | Dia Michael Heizer, Dia Beacon, Beacon New York, Art Foundation, Contemporary Arts, Shadow Art, Art Organization, Sculpture Installation, Land Art

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Michael Heizer | Exhibitions & Projects | Exhibitions

Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organization with locations in Beacon, New York, and the American West.

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Michael Heizer: Altars, West 24th Street, New York, May 9–July 2, 2015 | Gagosian Michael Heizer, Granite Rock, Kitchens Ideas, Kitchen Remodel Design, Street New York, Stone Sculpture, Stonehenge, Sculpture Installation, Art Installation

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Michael Heizer: Altars, 555 West 24th Street, New York, May 9–July 2, 2015

Find out more about the exhibition Michael Heizer: Altars at 555 West 24th Street, New York. Installation views, works, editorial content, press, and more.

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City, Michael Heizer (on-going), Nevada Desert. Earth Art Projects, Michael Heizer, Site Specific Art, Earth City, 20th Century Architecture, Monumental Architecture, Andy Goldsworthy, Easy Sculpture Ideas, Nevada Desert

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City, Michael Heizer (on-going), Nevada Desert.

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Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert

American artist Michael Heizer has completed City, a monumental sculpture formed of earthen mounds, geoglyphs and concrete pyramids deep in Nevada's desert.

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Michael Heizer, North, East, South, West, 1967/2002 Wooden Louvers, Skate Bowl, North East South West, Michael Heizer, Museum Of Emotions, Dia Beacon, Beacon New York, Contemporary Art Artists, Subtractive Color

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Michael Heizer, North, East, South, West, 1967/2002

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Michael Heizer’s ‘City,’ Explained: Why the World Has Its Eyes on One of the Biggest Artworks of All Time Earth Art Projects, Michael Heizer, Big Artwork, Roskilde Festival, Artist Retreat, Monumental Architecture, Architecture Sculpture, Nevada Desert, Landform

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Michael Heizer’s ‘City,’ Explained: Why the World Has Its Eyes on One of the Biggest Artworks of All Time

Here's your guide to Michael Heizer's 'City,' which is now one of the biggest artworks in the world.

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