This monumental outdoor artwork installed at LACMA is an amazing thing to experience! It is called "Levitated Mass, by the artist Michael Heizer. The rock is a 340-ton granite megalith which was found in Riverside, over one hundred miles away, and was transported through the streets to get to the museum, which took eleven nights. The boulder is perched on top of a 456-foot-long concrete slot that is fifteen feet deep under the rock. What a brilliant idea this is and I found it to be a powerful experience to go down the path, and then to stand under the monolith.
It is an amazing photo, but I would worry that it would collapse at some point. I would view from a distance. Do you know how long it has been on display?
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This is very cool! Trace
ReplyDeleteThis work of art opened in 2012. I am sure it is so carefully engineered that I would stand under it all day long! The power of this work is that you get a feeling of being really small when standing under it.
ReplyDeleteI would be nervous walking underneath this but would do it. It does make me feel "on edge" just looking at this photo. betsey
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