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Walter De Maria

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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Walter De Maria

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  1. Walter De Maria

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Installations • Land art projects • The Lightning Field • Urban works • Vertical Earth Kilometer • The Broken Kilometer

  6. Vertical Earth Kilometer

  7. The Broken Kilometer

  8. New York Earth Room

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

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