Sculpture in Reverse (EN-FR, 1984-2014)

Sculpture in Reverse (cover)
Éditions Lutanie, 2014

Double Negative / Anatopées (Arnaud Lesage)

Arnaud Lesage, Nevada, Turquie, Nevada, France, 2006-2011.
Série “Anatopées” (Featuring Double Negative by Michael Heizer)
Quadriptyque, 13 x 32,5 cm. Courtesy Arnaud Lesage

On bed with Michael Heizer in Munich (#2)

Circular Surface Planar Displacement Drawing, Jean Dry Lake, 1970

Earth, 900 x 500 feet. Collection: Sam Wagstaff 

(Zdenek Felix, Michael Heizer, Ed. Fourcade, New York, 1979, p.20)

On bed with Michael Heizer in Munich (#1)

Circular Surface Planar Displacement Etching, New York City, 1972

Etched in baslt block in the sidewalk. Collection: Sam Wagstaff 

(Zdenek Felix, Michael Heizer, Ed. Fourcade, New York, 1979, p.19)

40,000 tons displaced / 40,000 pages viewed

Michael Heizer, Actual Size (1970-2012)

Christian Mayeur, Projector in the Grave of Time, 2012.

Avec l'aimable autorisation de l'artiste.

English translation in progress...

Nous publions rarement des dessins mais celui-ci mérite une attention toute particulière. Il s'agit d'un projecteur faisant partie intégrante d'Actual Size: Munich Rotary (1971), l'une des deux expositions temporaires consacrées à Michael Heizer qui se tiennent au Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) jusqu'au 9 septembre prochain. Christian Mayeur, l'auteur de ce dessin, nous livre son expérience très personnelle de cette exposition historique, par l'image mais aussi par les mots (reproduits ci-dessous), une expérience vécue de l'intérieur, au centre de l’œuvre, au beau milieu de l'espace, au cœur du vide.

Dedicated to the Art of Michael Heizer (video)

Snapnotes (#9)

Snapn°(9). source

Levitated Mass, 2012 (maps)

Levitated Mass (from 340 tons to 456 feet), 2012
340-ton at Stone Valley Materials Inc., Riverside County (CA)
340-feet at LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles (CA)
A simulation-work by OBSART

Levitated Mass, 2012 (videos)

Michael Heizer, Levitated Mass, 2012
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Film (1+40)
Maps (3)
Plans (2)   
Videos (24)
Photos (510)
Rock-list (55)
Pre-history (3)
Press review (559)
Retro-spective (105)


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The 340-ton rock | le rocher de 308 tonnes
LACMA's director Michael Govan speaking about the project Levitated Mass (27/04/11, source)

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The 456-foot trench | La tranchée de 140 mètres

LACMA's director of special installations John Bowsher describes the engineering required to realize Levitated Mass (03/08/11, source)

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The 294-foot convoy | Le convoi de 90 mètres

Emmert International's project's logistics supervisor Rick Albrecht and his crew speaking about the challenges of moving the 340-tons rock (11/10/11, source)

A quick drive around tour of the big rock and trailer before it hits the road for LA. (21/02/12, source)


A quick drive around tour of the big rock and trailer before it hits the road for LA. (21/02/12, source)


340-ton rock begins journey to LA County art museum. Animation movie. (29/02/12, source)

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The 105-mile journey | Le voyage de 169 km

(03/03/12, source)
 

In the early morning hours just before dawn on March 10th, 2012, the transporter carrying the megalith that will be part of Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass at LACMA arrived at the museum. (10/03/12, source) 

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10-month construction | 10 mois de travaux

Over the course of nearly a year, we followed the construction of Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass at LACMA. The finished work is composed of a 456-foot-long slot constructed on LACMA's campus, over which is placed a 340-ton granite megalith. (25/06/12, source)

Filmed on March 31, 2012. The man in the dark blue jacket is the elusive artist Michael Heizer working on site on the monumental 340-ton granite sculpture Levitated Mass at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (02/04/12, source)

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The Ceremony (excerpt) | La Cérémonie (extrait)

With crowds, speeches, and even a rare appearance by its normally reclusive creator, Michael Heizer's "Levitated Mass" finally opened on Sunday, June 24, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The installation of the 340-ton megalith followed an 11-day slow-motion journey in March that that drew tens of thousands of spectators and turned the route into a giant celebration. (24/06/12, source)

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Public response | Réactions du public
As the huge rock makes its way from Riverside to LACMA, it made a stop in Bixby Knolls, a neighborhood in Long Beach. The Bixby Knolls Business Association created a party to celebrate the rock's brief stop, with live music, a DJ, Alpine mountaineers, live art, crafts for kids, food, and other festivities. (07/03/12, source)

Featuring: 
Blair Cohn (Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association)
James Johnson (7th District Council Member)
Morgan Wraight (BKBIA First Fridays Coordinator)
The Duke and Dutchess of Kixby Knolls
Julietta Williams (Chair of the Cerritos Historic & Fine Arts Commission)
David Sanchez (Manager at Patricia's Restaurant)
The Knolls Ranger
Uber Shubert
Cinco (Sidekick to the Knolls Ranger)
Gusper
Blig Krifen Deshed.

LACMA's Levitated Mass - See what L.A. residents have to say about the 2012 installation by artist Michael Heizer. Join art historian Sharon Fitzgerald as she checks out LACMA's Levitated Mass and gets the inside scoop on what L.A. residents have to say about the 2012 installation by artist Michael Heizer.  For L.A. area lectures, events and more videos check out: www.TheArtHistoryChannel.com @arthistchannel  produced by Sharon Fitzgerald, MA AHC 2013 (07/02/13, source)

See also:
340 tons | night 10 - nuit 10 (+ 5 bonus)
340 tons | first steps - premiers pas (25/02/12) 
Levitated Mass moves to LACMA
Levitated Mass Trip 
Immobile Rock

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340 grammes déplacés during Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer 

une action transatlantique | a transatlantic action

Boulder Art

Broken Circle (detail), Emmen, Holland.
Photo: OBSART, 15/08/09

Double Negative sera-t-il le grand absent ?....... Will Double Negative be a no show?

Road to Double Negative. Photo: aur2899