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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.
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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
Interesting Facts • Musician drummer in Primitives • Artist and musician for The Druds
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