Michael Heizer
Michael Heizer
Michael Heizer is a contemporary artist specializing in large-scale sculptures and earth art. He currently lives and works in Hiko, Nevada...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
earth source materials
Earth is the material with the most potential because it is the original source material.
art static
I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do.
mean say-anything copying
The trouble is, once you say something about a source, then you've pegged it down, and so now I'm reluctant to say anything. If I say I developed 50 different shapes from Mississippian tumuli, that doesn't mean they're copies of tumuli - I'm not ripping off those shapes.
art museums metropolitan
They are works of art that can be considered works of art but don't have to be in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
art writing rights
I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that not only has my art been pirated and my intellectual property rights stolen, but my work has been misrepresented.
art artwork business commercial hurry
Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.
art begins bigness dealt history jackson painters
The history of American art, in a way, begins with Jackson Pollock and his big paintings. This theme of bigness - all painters and sculptors have dealt with it ever since.