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Michael Heizer (1944)  


Professions: Sculptor; Painter

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L.A. Modern

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Venator & Hanstein
Wright

Biography

(b Berkeley, CA, 4 Nov 1944). American sculptor, painter and printmaker. He studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1963 to 1964 and moved to New York in 1966. His early imagery showed an awareness of Minimalist ideals. In 1967, however, he temporarily renounced painting and pursued what became a lasting interest in LAND ART. His ‘excavations’ in the desert of the American Southwest were prefigured by childhood travels to Pre-Columbian and Egyptian ... (view more)

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