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
frank genuine gimmick instance likes sculptures size trick work
The size thing is not some gimmick or attention-getting trick but a genuine undercurrent of the work. Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural.
promoting
I come from an academic background. I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.
gentle image
I'm not a dogmatic, purist psychopath. There's an unfair image of me - mean, crazy, hostile. I'm really a very gentle person.
raised promoting
I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.
theme painter sculptors
This theme of bigness — all painters and sculptors have dealt with it ever since.
sculpture likes imagine
Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural.