Originally a three month temporary exhibit.
Walter de maria new york earth room.
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On long term view to the public since 1980 the new york earth room is one of his seminal pieces.
The first two works no longer exist.
Side note de maria s more impressive permanent piece lies in western new mexico where the land isn t exactly as sought after per square foot.
The new york earth room 1977 is the third earth room sculpture executed by the artist the first being in munich germany in 1968.
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.
141 wooster street new york city read more robert smithson spiral jetty.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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S new york earth room 1977 in soho on a recent friday evening.
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.
Walter de maria the new york earth room.
The second was installed at the hessisches landesmuseum in darmstadt germany in 1974.
Friedrichsplatz park kassel germany.
West 22nd street.
Great salt lake utah read more nancy holt sun tunnels.
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.
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.
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.
The new york earth room has been on long term view to the public since 1977.
Great basin desert utah.
