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The Lightning Field (1977) is a land art work in Catron County, New Mexico, by sculptor Walter De Maria. It consists of 400 stainless steel poles with solid, pointed tips, arranged in a rectangular 1 mile × 1 kilometre grid array. [1]
The Lightning Field (1977), by the American sculptor Walter De Maria, is a work of Land Art situated in a remote area of the high desert of western New Mexico. It is comprised of 400 polished stainless-steel poles installed in a grid array measuring one mile by one kilometer.
Feb 21, 2024 · The Lightning Field, 1977. The Lightning Field was by far De Maria’s most notable land art. The Lightning Field was an expansive installation that consisted of about 400 stainless steel poles that had been placed in a 1 mile by 1 km grid.
Aug 12, 2009 · Comprised of 400 polished stainless steel poles installed in a grid array one mile by one kilometer, “The Lightning Field” by sculptor Walter De Maria is recognized as one of the late-20th...
When he announced The Lightning Field in the April 1980 issue of Artforum De Maria explained, “The invisible is real” and “Isolation is the essence of land art.” These are the statements that preoccupied us as we explored this work of art.
Jun 4, 2024 · This striking installation forms The Lightning Field— Walter De Maria’s iconic land artwork from 1977—and a masterpiece of Minimalist art. A remote destination visited by only the most ...
Kathleen Shields’s An Essential Solitude: Walter De Maria’s The Lightning Field/Revisited, published in 2020, offers a thoughtfully written, personal reflection on her thirty-year relationship with this iconic, world-renowned work of Land Art. Since 1979, Shields has been an arts writer, curator, editor, and art foundation director in New ...
