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Michael Heizer

On view
The Pavilions, Room 5

Recognized as a pioneer of the Land Art movement of the 1960s, Michael Heizer (b. 1944) uses his massive, innovative sculptures to shift our understanding of what art can be. Installed in Room 5 of the Pavilions, Collapse, 1967/2016, is a monumental-scale sculpture comprised of fifteen weathering steel beams arranged in—and extending beyond—a box fitted within the surrounding earth. Commissioned for Glenstone, this work is based on a wooden model studying chaos structure that the artist created in 1967. This “outdoor” sculpture is installed within an enclosure open to the elements but accessed only via the Pavilions interior.

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Charles Ray Hinoki, 2007 Japanese cypress 68 x 382 x 240 inches The Art Institute of Chicago, through prior gifts of Mary and Leigh Block, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Starrels, Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Friedman; purchased with funds provided by Donna and Howard Stone. © Charles Ray. Photo courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery.

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