Michael Heizer (born 1944) is an American land artist specializing in large-scale and site-specific sculptures. Working largely outside the confines of the traditional art spaces of galleries and museums, Heizer has redefined sculpture in terms of size, mass, gesture, and process. A pioneer of 20th-century land art or Earthworks movement, he is widely recognized for sculptures and environmental structures made with earth-moving equipment, which he began creating in the American West in 1967. He currently lives and works in

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,Michael Heizer

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, Washington, D.C. and

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Work

Heizer began his artistic career in New York in 1966 with a series of geometric canvases painted with PVA latex. The paintings that would follow, characterized by non-traditionally shaped canvases, demonstrate Heizer's early exploration of positive and negative forms; such harmonies of presence and absence, matter and space, are essential to his art. In ''Trapezoid Painting'' (1966) and ''Track Painting'' (1967), he emphasizes the perimeters of raw canvases by painting them black, while the white interiors are perceived as negative spaces. These hard-edged "displacement paintings" parallel the immense geometries he achieves when moving earth. The slate grey contours of ''U Painting'' (1975), for example, anticipate the shapes of the depressions and angular mounds that appear in one of his latest projects ''

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''. In the late 1960s, Heizer left New York City for the deserts of California and Nevada, where he began making his first "negative" sculptures. These works were created by removing earth to shape subterranean negative forms directly into desert floor. Completed in 1967, ''North, East, South, West'', consisted of several geometrically shaped holes dug in the

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. The following year Heizer completed ''Nine Nevada Depressions'', a series of large negative sculptures located primarily on

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s throughout the state, Jean Dry Lake,

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and Massacre Dry Lake, near

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among them. In 1969, Heizer made the series ''Primitive Dye Paintings'', in which white

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powder and concentrated

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dyes were spread over the dry desert landscape, covering large areas that, when viewed from the air, formed amorphous, organic shapes. The culmination of this critical early period was the creation of ''

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'' in 1969, a project for which he displaced 240,000 tons of rock in the

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, cutting two enormous trenches—each one 50-feet-deep and 30-feet-wide and together spanning 1,500 feet—at the eastern edge of Mormon Mesa near

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. Heizer has since continued his exploration of the dynamics between positive forms and negative space. His '' Adjacent, Against, Upon'' (1976) juxtaposes three large

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slabs in different relationships to cast concrete forms; the 30-50 ton granite slabs were quarried in the

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and transported by barge and train to

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. For ''Displaced/Replaced Mass'' (1969/1977), later installed outside the

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, home of Roy and Carol Doumani, he planted four granite boulders of different sizes from the High Sierra into lid-less concrete boxes in the earth so that the tops of the rocks are roughly level with the ground.Jori Finkel (May 25, 2012)
Michael Heizer's calling is set in stone
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''. For a 1982 work at the former IBM Building in New York, Heizer sheared off the top of a large rock and cut grooves into the surface before setting it on supports hidden within a stainless steel structure. Designed as a fountain, the boulder appears to float over running water. He called it ''Levitated Mass'', a title he would use again in future. Commissioned by the president of the Ottawa Silica Company, the ''Effigy Tumuli'' earthwork in

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is composed of five abstract animal earthworks reclaiming the site of an abandoned

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along the

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; the shapes (1983–85)—a frog, a

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, a catfish, a turtle, and a snake—reflect the environment of the site, which overlooks the river. Levitated Mass at LACMA

In 2012, Heizer completed '' Levitated Mass'' (2012). On permanent installation at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ''Levitated Mass'' is a massive white, diorite boulder (21.5 feet wide and 21.5 feet high) that sits atop a 456-foot-long sloped walkway, allowing viewers to experience the weight of the rock as they walk through the empty space below. It took eleven nights, from February 28 to March 10, 2012, to move the 340-ton rock from Jurupa Valley to the museum. The installation is situated in a field of polished concrete slices, set at a slight angle between the Resnick Pavilion and Sixth Street. Heizer opened the exhibit on June 24, 2012. A feature documentary, also named ''Levitated Mass'', was directed and edited by the filmmaker

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. It details the making of the sculpture as it relates to Heizer's career while portraying the boulder's 105-mile journey through Los Angeles and the public's reaction to its installation. Other recent public artworks by Michael Heizer include ''Tangential Circular Negative Line'' in Mauvoisin, Switzerland, commissioned by Fondation Air&Art directed by Jean Maurice Varone, as well as ''Collapse'' (1967/2016) and ''Compression Line'' (1968/2016) at

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, Potomac, Maryland. In the early 1970s, Heizer began work on ''

'', an enormous complex in the rural desert of

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. His work on the project continues to this day, supported by the

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through a grant from the

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. Limited public access to ''City'' began in 2022. A campaign to have the Basin and Range area around ''City'' designated as a

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to protect it from development took place, and a group of American museums, including the

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(LACMA), the

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, the

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and the

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, have joined to draw public attention to a petition urging preservation of the area. In July 2015, President

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signed a proclamation (using his authority under the

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) creating the

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on 704,000 acres in Lincoln and Nye counties, an area including Heizer's ''City''. Heizer's artworks are represented in museum collections and public spaces worldwide.

Major permanent commissions

* ''Tangential Circular Negative Line'' (2012), Mauvoisin, Switzerland, an Air&Art Foundation commission directed by Jean Maurice Varone *'' Levitated Mass'' (2012), Resnick Pavilion North Lawn at

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*''Effigy Tumuli'' (1985), Buffalo State Park, Ottawa, Illinois *''45 Degrees, 90 Degrees, 180 Degrees'' (1984),

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*''Levitated Mass'' (1982), 590 Madison Avenue, New York. EJM Equities Collection, New York *''North, East, South, West'' (1982), 5th and Flower Streets, Los Angeles

Other works

* '' Isolated Mass/Circumflex (#2)'' (1968–72), Nine Nevada Depressions,

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* ''Rift # 1'' (1968–72; deteriorated), Nine Nevada Depressions, Massacre Dry Lake, Nevada * ''Windows and Matchdrops'' (1969), seven small rills in the floor in front of the

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entrance, Germany *''Displaced/Replaced Mass 1, 2 & 3'' (1969), Silver Springs, NV. No longer extant. * ''

'' (1969–70), located near

*''Dragged Mass'' (1971),

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, Detroit * ''

'' (1972, completed 2022),

* ''Adjacent, Against, Upon'' (1976),

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* ''This Equals That'' (1980; removed), Michigan State Capitol Complex, Lansing, Michigan * ''North, East, South, West'' (1967/2002), Dia:Beacon,

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Exhibitions

In 1968, Heizer was included in ''Earth Works'', the influential group show at

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's gallery, and then in the

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painting annual in 1969, where his contribution was a huge photograph of a dye painting in the desert.

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(February 6, 2005)
Art's Last, Lonely Cowboy
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''. For his first one-person show, at the Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich in 1969, he removed 1,000 tons of earth in a conical shape to create ''Munich Depression''. In 1977, he was included in ''

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'', Kassel. Major exhibitions of his work have been staged at institutions such as the

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, Essen (1979), the

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(1984), and

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, Milan (1996). Recent gallery exhibitions have been held at

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Selected solo exhibitions

*1971 ''Michael Heizer: Photographic and Actual Work.''

, Detroit *1979 ''Michael Heizer.''

, Essen. Travelled to

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Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands. *1984 ''In Context: Michael Heizer: 45°, 90°, 180°/Geometric Extraction.''

*1985 ''45°, 90°, 180°: A Sculpture for Rice University.'' Farish Gallery, School of Architecture,

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*1985 ''Michael Heizer: Dragged Mass geometric.''

Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), ...

, New York *1988 ''Michael Heizer: New Sculptures.'' Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo *1996 ''Michael Heizer: Negative – Positive +.''

, Milan *2010 ''Michael Heizer: Works from the 1960s and 70s.''

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, New York *2012 ''Michael Heizer: Actual Size.''

, Los Angeles *2015 ''Michael Heizer: Altars.''

, New York *2016 ''Michael Heizer.''

, New York *2018

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, Paris https://gagosian.com/media/artists/michael-heizer/Heizer_Michael.pdf

Selected group exhibitions

*1966 ''The Annual Invitational Exhibition.''

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, New York *1968 ''Earthworks'' Dwan Gallery, New York *1968 ''1968 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture.''

, New York *1969 ''New Media: New Methods''

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, Montclair, NJ; Organised by

, New York. *1969 ''Op Losse Schroeven: Situaties en Cryptostructuren (Square pegs in round Holes).''

Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

, Amsterdam. Travelled to: ''Verborgene Strukturen.''

, Essen. *1969 ''Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form.''

Kunsthalle Bern The Kunsthalle Bern is a ''Kunsthalle'' (art exposition hall) on the Helvetiaplatz in Bern, Switzerland. It was built in 1917–1918 by the Kunsthalle Bern Association and opened on October 5, 1918. Since then, it has been the site of numerous ex ...

, Bern, Switzerland. Travelled to: Museum Haus Lange, Krefield, West Germany; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. *1969 ''Land Art: Long, Flanagan, Oppenheim, Smithson, Boezem, Dibbets, De Maria, Heizer.'' Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum, Berlin. Televised April 15, 1969. *1969 ''1969 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting.''

, New York *1970 ''XXXV Esposizione internazionale d’arte di Venezia'' Venice *1970 ''Information.''

, New York *1971 ''Sixth Guggenheim International Exhibition.''

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, New York *1971 ''VII Biennale.'' Parc Floral de Paris, Paris *1973 ''American Drawings 1963-73.''

, New York *1976 ''Drawing Now.''

*1977 ''Biennial Exhibition.''

, New York, NY. *1977 ''

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6.'' Museum Friedericianum, Kassel, Germany. *1980 ''L'Amérique aux Indépendants, 1944-1980 : 91ème Exposition, Société des Artistes Indépendants.''

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, Paris, France. *1984 ''Collectie Becht. De verzameling Agnes en Frits Becht.''

, Amsterdam, Netherlands. *1986 ''Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945–1986.''

, CA. *1987 ''American Drawing and Watercolors of the Twentieth Century. Selection from the Whitney Museum of American Art.''

, Washington, D.C.; traveled to

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, Cleveland, OH.; Achenbach Foundation, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR;

, Stamford, CT. *1987 ''Photography and Art: Interactions since 1946.''

, Los Angeles, CA; traveled to The Museum of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, *1988 ''Vital Signs: Organic Abstraction from the Permanent Collection.'' Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, NY *1989 ''20 Jahre Internationale Kunstmesse Basel.'' Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany. *1990 ''Pharmakon ’90.'' Nippon Convention Center,

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, Tokyo, Japan. *1997 ''47th International Art Exhibition –

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.'' Venice, Italy. *2009 ''Photoconceptualism, 1966–1973.''

, New York, NY. *2010 ''The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today.''

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, New York, NY; traveled to

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, Zurich, Switzerland. *2013 ''When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013.'' Ca’ Corner della Regina,

, Venice, Italy.

Homages

* Mungo Thomson, ''Levitating Mass'' (2012),

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. * Régis Perray, ''340 grammes déplacés... during Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer'' (2012),

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. * Jack Daws, ''Life on the Farm (Heizer)'', 2010Greg Kucera Gallery http://www.gregkucera.com/_images/daws/daws_life-on-the-farm-heizer_web.jpg

References

External links

Webpage of Heizer at the Dia Art Foundation

Levitated Mass (Library of Congress)

''Levitated Mass''
Michael Heizer in the spotlight of California

Michael Heizer in the National Gallery of Australia's Kenneth Tyler Collection
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