Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
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Museums page for Michael Heizer ((Born 1944)), known for Sculptor-earthworks, abstraction. Showing 13 museum collections and exhibitions.
Michael Heizer MUSEUMS
Born 1944 Berkeley, California. Known for: Sculptor-earthworks, abstraction.
Michael Heizer, creator of Earth Art, was born in Berkeley, California in 1944. His feeling of land and space may have come from his father, anthropologist Robert Heizer. Heizer briefly attended the... Read full biography
Michael Heizer, creator of Earth Art, was born in Berkeley, California in 1944. His feeling of land and space may have come from his father, anthropologist Robert Heizer. Heizer briefly attended the San Francisco Art Institute from 1963 to 1964, where he studied painting. His work, then reflecting... Read full biography
Michael Heizer, creator of Earth Art, was born in Berkeley, California in 1944. His feeling of land and space may have come from his father, anthropologist Robert Heizer. Heizer briefly attended the San Francisco Art Institute from 1963 to 1964, where he studied painting. His work, then reflecting Minimalist tendencies, included square and rectangular canvases with broad bands of gray and white. By 1966, he had begun to create earthworks on a monumental scale. He has preferred to work in the... Read full biography
Michael Heizer, creator of Earth Art, was born in Berkeley, California in 1944. His feeling of land and space may have come from his father, anthropologist Robert Heizer. Heizer briefly attended the San Francisco Art Institute from 1963 to 1964, where he studied painting. His work, then reflecting Minimalist tendencies, included square and rectangular canvases with broad bands of gray and white. By 1966, he had begun to create earthworks on a monumental scale. He has preferred to work in the open desert areas of the Southwest. The Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, held his first one-person show in 1969. For this show he removed 1,000 tons of earth in a conical shape to create Munich Depression. His "Double Negative,"1969-70, two vast... Read full biography
Michael Heizer, creator of Earth Art, was born in Berkeley, California in 1944. His feeling of land and space may have come from his father, anthropologist Robert Heizer. Heizer briefly attended the San Francisco Art Institute from 1963 to 1964, where he studied painting. His work, then reflecting Minimalist tendencies, included square and rectangular canvases with broad bands of gray and white. By 1966, he had begun to create earthworks on a monumental scale. He has preferred to work in the open desert areas of the Southwest. The Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, held his first one-person show in 1969. For this show he removed 1,000 tons of earth in a conical shape to create Munich Depression. His "Double Negative,"1969-70, two vast incisions opposite one another on the edge of Virgin River Mesa, Nevada, displaced 240,000 tons of earth. Since most Earth art... Read full biography
Michael Heizer - Artist Info
About Michael Heizer: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (13)
All MuseumsBuffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Davis Arts Center
1919 F Street
PO Box 4340
Davis, CA 95617Dia Chelsea
548 West 22nd Street
Offices- 542 West 22nd St.
New York City, NY 10011Dia: Beacon
3 Beekman Street
Beacon, NY 12508Laumier Sculpture Park And Museum
12580 Rott Road
St. Louis, MO 63127Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM & PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE
2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014