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A towering figure in the history of Minimal, Conceptual, Installation, and Land Art, Walter De Maria has had a profound impact on contemporary art making. De Maria’s Large Rod Series comprises ten works made between 1984 and 1989. The series debuted at the renowned Xavier Fourcade Gallery, New York, in 1986 with a selection from the series installed at De Maria’s studio for by-appointment viewing only. Drawn through custom-made dies, hand-welded, machine-ground, hand-ground, and finally hand-polished, Circle/Rectangle, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 demonstrates the strength and capacity of its material. Yet in its three formal installation configurations (Circle, Short Rectangle, or Long Rectangle), De Maria expands the qualities and possibilities of the work.
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- Anna Katherine Brodbeck, ed., TWO X TWO X TWENTY: Two Decades Supporting Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art), 2018, 248.
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Did not get object file- streamlined process, no provenance. CLC, 11/19/18.
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- Dallas Museum of Art~Review the DMA's display of Large Rod Series alongside a work by El Greco and a musical composition by De Maria in the 2016-2017 exhibition Walter De Maria: Counterpoint.
- The Guggenheim~Learn more about De Maria's long and influential career.
- Tate~Explore examples of Land art and artists affiliated with the development of environmental art during the 1970s.
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A towering figure in the history of Minimal, Conceptual, Installation, and Land Art, Walter De Maria has had a profound impact on contemporary art making. De Maria’s Large Rod Series comprises ten works made between 1984 and 1989. The series debuted at the renowned Xavier Fourcade Gallery, New York, in 1986 with a selection from the series installed at De Maria’s studio for by-appointment viewing only. Drawn through custom-made dies, hand-welded, machine-ground, hand-ground, and finally hand-polished, Circle/Rectangle, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 demonstrates the strength and capacity of its material. Yet in its three formal installation configurations (Circle, Short Rectangle, or Long Rectangle), De Maria expands the qualities and possibilities of the work.
Excerpt from
- Anna Katherine Brodbeck, ed., TWO X TWO X TWENTY: Two Decades Supporting Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art), 2018, 248.
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- Dallas Museum of Art~Review the DMA's display of Large Rod Series alongside a work by El Greco and a musical composition by De Maria in the 2016-2017 exhibition Walter De Maria: Counterpoint.
- The Guggenheim~Learn more about De Maria's long and influential career.
- Tate~Explore examples of Land art and artists affiliated with the development of environmental art during the 1970s.
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Did not get object file- streamlined process, no provenance. CLC, 11/19/18.
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