Earth Room New York Art

The earth room is a 22 inch deep layer of dirt spread across a 3 600 square foot gallery space in the middle of soho.

Earth room new york art.

Gazing out at the 3 600 square foot installation visitors might be enticed to trample the earth but a two foot tall glass partition prevents them from doing so. When i visit i usually look at the dirt for about five minutes and then leave. You re not allowed to walk on sit in or even photograph the dirt but you can look at it. The sculpture is a permanent installation of 250 cubic yards 197 cubic meters of earth in 3 600 335 square meters square feet of floor space and 22 inch depth of material 56 centimeters.

Created by american artist walter de maria in 1977 it has been a peaceful. I haven t visited yet i hope to but i find earth room and the broken kilometer to be more impressive in context with their surroundings. The rods attract lightning in impending storms forming a lightning sculpture an interaction between nature and art. The new york earth room is a work of art meant to be viewed not entered.

The new york earth room is an interior sculpture by the artist walter de maria that has been installed in a loft at 141 wooster street in new york city since 1977. S new york earth room 1977 in soho on a recent friday evening. Hours wednesday sunday 12 6 pm closed from 3 3 30 pm also closed on thanksgiving day christmas eve christmas day new year s eve and new year s day admission admission is free. The work simply involves 250 cubic yards of pungent fertile dirt on the floor located on the second floor of a building on wooster street.

23 corwith avenue bridgehampton new york dia bridgehampton features a gallery for changing exhibitions and the dan flavin art institute established in 1983 as a permanent installation of nine works in fluorescent light created by dan flavin between 1963 and 1981.