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Walter De Maria was born in Albany, California in 1935 . He studied history and art at the University Of California, Berkeley from 1953 to 1959 . De Maria moved to New York in 1960 . His early sculptures from the 1960s were influenced by Dada and other modern art movements. This influence led De Maria into using simple geometric shapes and industrially manufactured materials such as stainless steel and aluminum – materials which became characteristic of Minimal Art . In the mid 1960s , he became involved in various artistic activities. He appeared at Happenings , composed two musicals (''Cricket Music'', 1964 ; ''Ocean Music'', 1968 ), and produced two films (''Three Circles and Two Lines in the Desert''; ''Hardcore'', both 1969 ). He was also the drummer in the New York rock group The Velvet Underground for a short time. From 1968 he produced Minimalist sculptures and Installations such as the Munich ''Erdraum'' of 1968 . He realized Land Art projects in the deserts of the southwest US, with the aim of creating situations where the landscape and nature, light and weather would become an intense, physical and psychic experience. After De Maria, the notion of the work of art is intended to make the viewer think about the earth and its relationship to the universe. De Maria is considered the pioneer in the development of Minimal Art , Conceptual Art , and Land Art . ''Lightning Field'' ( 1977 ) is De Maria’s best-known work. It consists of 400 stainless steel posts arranged in a calculated grid over an area of 1 mile × 1 km. The time of day and weather change the optical effects. It also lights up during Thunder Storms . Walter De Maria is an American sculptor. Walter De Maria was born in Albany, California in 1935. He studied history and art at the University of California, Berkeley from 1953 to 1959. De Maria moved to New York in 1960 where his work with wooden box sculptures open a new medium after his studies in abstract painting at Bereley. De Maria would contunue his sculptures in the Minimalist fation (which he and some of his contemporaries would later be credited with originating) using geometric shapes created at first in wood and but most in metals that explored notions of space. Throughout 1960s, De Maria became involved in drumming which had been an passion since his teens, as well as appearing at Happenings in New York, composing (Cricket Music, 1964; Ocean Music, 1968), and producing (Three Circles and Two Lines in the Desert; Hardcore, both 1969). It was in 1965, with the support of Robert C. Scull, that De Maria began is Minimalist sculptures in metal. In 1966... Completion pending. He realized Land art projects in the deserts of the southwest US, with the aim of creating situations where the landscape and nature, light and weather would become an intense, physical and psychic experience. After De Maria, the notion of the work of art is intended to make the viewer think about the earth and its relationship to the universe. De Maria is considered the pioneer in the development of Minimal art, Conceptual art, and Land art. Lightning Field (1977) is De Maria’s best-known work. It consists of 400 stainless steel posts arranged in a calculated grid over an area of 1 mile × 1 km. The time of day and weather change the optical effects. It also lights up during thunder storms. Hurd, P (ed.) 2000, ''The Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists in the 20th Century'', Prestel Verlag, Munich. Mccord, R. "The Lightning Field. Santa Fe Always Online. http://www.sfaol.com/mccord/lightning.html |
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