Born in Albany, California outside of San Francisco, Walter De Maria became a sculptor noted for his earthworks or "land art". Some of his projects were "Earth Rooms," or interiors filled with dirt, and his most expansive installation work has been "Lightning Field," stainless steel poles arranged in exterior spaces in 1977 on a high plain in southwestern New Mexico.
He earned an M.A. in art at the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied with Bay Area artist David Park. He a (showing 500 of 2677 characters). |
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