KAB130 Week 4 Task 2 Artwork/artist review 1

GAGOSIAN. (2022). Michael Heizer. https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2022/michael-heizer/

March 3–April 16, 2022West 21st Street, New York

"The rocks are replacements for the art object—something in lieu of a consciously created, highly surfaced, highly detailed, academically studied work of fine art. A piece of rock in exchange for all that. What carries it? Massive weight.—Michael Heizer" (Gagosian, 2022).

Strong sense of enclosure as the metallic volumes create a spatial 'cage' for the rock to exist in. ''The interplay between these two differently textured and colored components, and between the positive and negative spaces they establish, is key to the works’ impact, as is the relationship of the viewer’s body to their monumental heft''  (Gagosian, 2022).

 GAGOSIAN. (2022). New York to Present Exhibition of New Rock and Steel Sculptures by Michael Heizer Opening March 3, 2022. https://gagosian.com/media/exhibitions/2022/michael-heizer/Michael_Heizer_2022_Gagosian_West_21st_Street_New_York.pdf