New York Earth Room

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New York Earth Room
New York Earth Room in 2024.jpg
New York Earth Room in 2024
Artist Walter De Maria
Year1977 (1977)
Medium250 cubic yards of earth
Movement Land Art
Location Dia Art Foundation, New York City
Coordinates 40°43′34″N73°59′59″W / 40.7260°N 73.9998°W / 40.7260; -73.9998
Owner Dia Art Foundation
Accession1980.135
Website www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/walter-de-maria-the-new-york-earth-room-new-york-united-states/main/earthroom
The building housing the New York Earth Room. New York Earth Room 3.jpg
The building housing the New York Earth Room.
The buzzer that must be pressed to gain entry to the New York Earth Room. New York Earth Room 1.jpg
The buzzer that must be pressed to gain entry to the New York Earth Room.

The New York Earth Room is an interior sculpture by the artist Walter De Maria that has been installed in a loft at 141 Wooster Street in New York City since 1977. [1] The sculpture is a permanent installation of 250 cubic yards (197 cubic meters) of earth in 3,600 (335 square meters) square feet of floor space, and 22 inch depth of material (56 centimeters). [2]

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History

The first Earth Room was the Munich Earth Room, installed in 1968 by Walter De Maria and Heiner Friedrich at Galerie Heiner Friedrich in Munich.

The work was first installed in New York City in 1977 as a 3-month exhibition, at what was then the Heiner Friedrich Gallery. It remained on display long afterward, and when Friedrich helped to establish the Dia Art Foundation in 1980, he supported its permanent sponsorship of the New York Earth Room. [3]

Similarly to De Maria's Lightning Field installation, his Broken Kilometer and New York Earth Room installations in New York remain on continuous view. [4]

The installation had the same caretaker, painter Bill Dilworth, [5] since 1989 to 2025. [6] It is maintained by the Dia Art Foundation who consider it one of their 12 locations and sites they manage. Dia maintains an apartment on the same floor as The New York Earth Room. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Powers, William (May 20, 2009). "Escapes: 'The Earth Room' and Other Art by Walter De Maria in New York". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ Raver, Anne (November 11, 1993). "GARDEN NOTEBOOK; A Big Room in SoHo, Full of Earth". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Walter De Maria, The New York Earth Room". Dia Art Foundation.
  4. ↑ "Dia Art Foundation - Walter De Maria: The Broken Kilometer". Diacenter.org. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ Churchill, Abbye (June 4, 2012). "As the Earth Turns: 'The New York Earth Room'". Opening Ceremony.
  6. ↑ Bill Dilworth: Keeper of Earth and Time, New York Times
  7. ↑ "SoHo open house". Dia Art Foundation . September 17, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2024.

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