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De Maria, Walter
De Maria, Walter (1935– ). American sculptor and graphic artist. He was born in Albany, California, and studied at the University of California, Berkeley, 1953–9. In 1960 he moved to New York, where he took part in early Happenings, worked in various media, and composed music (in 1965 he worked for a short time as drummer in the Velvet Underground rock group). He was one of the earliest exponents of Minimal art, producing examples of the type in about 1960, before the term was current, and he was also a pioneer of earthworks (see LAND ART); he says ‘I feel proud to have started minimal and land art'. Some of his work belongs to the category of Conceptual art, for example Mile Long Drawing (1968), consisting of two parallel chalk lines 12 feet apart in the Mojave Desert. In 1968 he had a one-man show at the Heiner Friedrich Gallery, Munich, at which he exhibited a room filled wall to wall with earth—1,600 cubic feet (45 cubic metres) in all.
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IAN CHILVERS. "De Maria, Walter." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "De Maria, Walter." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-DeMariaWalter.html IAN CHILVERS. "De Maria, Walter." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-DeMariaWalter.html |
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De Maria, Walter
De Maria, Walter (1935– ). American sculptor and experimental artist. He was one of the earliest exponents of Minimal art, producing examples of the type c.1960, before the term was current, and he was also a pioneer of Land art. Some of his work can also be regarded as Conceptual art, as for example Mile Long Drawing of 1968, two parallel chalk lines 12 ft (3.5 m) apart in the Mojave Desert.
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IAN CHILVERS. "De Maria, Walter." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "De Maria, Walter." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-DeMariaWalter.html IAN CHILVERS. "De Maria, Walter." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-DeMariaWalter.html |
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De Maria, Walter
De Maria, Walter (b Albany, Calif., 1 Oct. 1935). American sculptor and experimental artist. He was one of the earliest exponents of Minimal art, producing examples of the type c.1960, before the term was current, and he was also a pioneer of Land art. Some of his work can also be regarded as Conceptual art, as for example Mile Long Drawing of 1968, two parallel chalk lines 12 ft (3.5m) apart in the Mojave Desert.
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IAN CHILVERS. "De Maria, Walter." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "De Maria, Walter." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-DeMariaWalter.html IAN CHILVERS. "De Maria, Walter." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-DeMariaWalter.html |
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