Walter De Maria

Early Life

• Born in Albany, California on October 1, 1935• Studied history and art at University of

California, Berkeley• Originally trained as a painter but turned to

sculpture and other media

Work

• Interest in task-oriented, gamelike projects that resulted in viewer-interactive sculptures

• Developed after seeing the work of La Monte Young and Simone Forti

• Boxes for Meaningless Work

New York

• Moved to new York in 1960• Early sculptures influenced by Dada and other

art movements• Eventually worked with other materials like

stainless steel and aluminum

Installations

• Land art projects– The Lightning Field

• Urban works– Vertical Earth Kilometer– The Broken Kilometer

Vertical Earth Kilometer

The Broken Kilometer

New York Earth Room

Interesting Facts

• Musician drummer in Primitives• Artist and musician for The Druds

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