Levitated Mass

Levitated Mass
ArtistMichael Heizer
Year2012
TypeLarge-scale sculpture
LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, United States

Levitated Mass is a 2012 large-scale public art sculpture by Michael Heizer at Resnick North Lawn at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The installation consists of a 340-ton boulder sculpture placed above a 456-foot viewing pathway to accommodate 360-degree viewing.[1] The nature, expense and scale of the installation attracted discussion within the public art world, and its notable 106-mile transit from the Jurupa Valley Quarry in Riverside County was widely covered by the media.[2][3]

The piece is open to the public during museum hours and does not require museum admission.

  1. ^ "Levitated Mass - Michael Heizer 2012". Google Arts & Culture. 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "The LACMA Rock: The overnight run to Long Beach". Los Angeles Times. March 6, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Nagourney, Adam (December 27, 2011). "340-Ton Sculpture VS. Immovable Bureaucracy". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2018.