michael heizer : levitated mass
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review: lacma's new hunk 'levitated mass' has some substance
the attention given to michael heizer's 'levitated mass' at lacma has many anticipating a masterpiece or a fiasco. but it's not that simple.
june 22, 2012|by christopher cnight, los angeles times art critic
michael heizer's "levitated mass," the commissioned… (mel melcon / los angeles…)on sunday morning, artist michael heizer's eagerly anticipated environmental sculpture, "levitated mass," finally opens to the public at the los angeles county museum of art. at an 11 a.m. ceremony, ribbons will be cut, speeches made, the artist and donors to the $10-million project thanked.
It will also be a moment to rein in expectations. "levitated mass" is a good sculpture if not a great one.
now open: lacma
images: photo latimes
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