On long term view to the public since 1980 the new york earth room is one of his seminal pieces.
Walter de maria new york earth room.
Bridging multiple movements of artistic practice that blossomed in the 1960s walter de maria challenged art in profound ways a vanguard force within several major 20th century art movements he sought to connect the viewer and nature through a range of interactive sculptural installations.
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The new york earth room has been on long term view to the public since 1977.
S new york earth room 1977 in soho on a recent friday evening.
Walter de maria the new york earth room.
The second was installed at the hessisches landesmuseum in darmstadt germany in 1974.
The new york earth room is an interior sculpture by the artist walter de maria that has been installed in a loft at 141 wooster street in new york city since 1977.
Originally a three month temporary exhibit.
The new york earth room 1977 in the heart of soho now one of the most expensive neighborhoods in manhattan most of the second floor apartment of 141 wooster street has been completely covered in 22 inches of earth.
De maria was part of the 1970s land art movement that included such compatriots as robert smithson of spiral jetty fame and michael heizer whose city is an enormous monument complex in the nevada desert still under.
Gazing out at the 3 600 square foot installation visitors might be enticed to trample the earth but a two foot tall glass partition prevents them from doing so.
The first two works no longer exist.
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Though consummately of the art world and maintained in pretty much its current state since 1980 by the dia art foundation cursory internet searches on it mostly produce hits geared to nyc.
The new york earth room 1977 is the third earth room sculpture executed by the artist the first being in munich germany in 1968.
This is the new york earth room an installation by the new york based artist and musician walter de maria who died in 2013.
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Walter de maria the new york earth room 1977 197 m 250 yd earth 335 m2 3 600 sqft floor space 56 cm 22 in depth of material 127 300 kg 280 000 lb 141 wooster street new york city photo.
Up on the 2nd floor of a wooster street loft building the new york earth room by walter de maria bides its time with hardly a building placard to announce its presence among the retail shops of soho.
The sculpture is a permanent installation of 250 cubic yards 197 cubic meters of earth in 3 600 335 square meters square feet of floor space and 22 inch depth of material 56 centimeters.
Called lightning field it is made up of 400 polished stainless steel poles installed in a grid array measuring one mile by one kilometer.
The work simply involves 250 cubic yards of pungent fertile dirt on the floor located on the second floor of a building on wooster street.
Friedrichsplatz park kassel germany.
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Great basin desert utah.
