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Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert

12 points by oedmarap 4y ago

hulitu 4y ago
- CharlesW 4y ago
  Let me Wikipedia that for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Heizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Heizer
pg_bot 4y ago
After looking at the linked images, I am terribly underwhelmed by the project. The only significant thing about the work is its size and honestly who cares? What a colossal waste of time and money.
- xmonkee 4y ago
  What's the point of typing out such a shallow dismissal? Are you into large-scale sculptural art? Would you know how to judge such a piece of art in general? If it's about the size, have you seen it in person to know the effect it has on you? It's called City. Did you consider the implications of that? Maybe the emptiness of it is the point? This is like a "modern art bad" reddit comment.
  - pg_bot 4y ago
    There's been a tendency in the art world in the last 50 years or so to defend every work and dismiss any criticism as someone not knowing what they are talking about or being a philistine. Yet it is also widely accepted that the entire field of visual arts has been in a malaise for quite some time. There are failures in every walk of life, yet no one in the art world can accept that a work of art can be a failure. I think this mentality is partly responsible for the general decline in the public perception of modern art. I've seen enough, I don't need to see anymore to tell you it's bad.
  - kcplate 4y ago
    > This is like a "modern art bad" reddit comment. No, not exactly, it’s an opinion. If the art is in essence a critique on “what is a city”, critiques of the installation itself as “what is art” is equally fair game. > Would you know how to judge such a piece of art in general? How is this a fair question? Would Heizer know how to judge a city?
muststopmyths 4y ago
Makes me wonder if there were persons like these in Mayan and Aztec society who created a random, huge art piece that archaeologists are today puzzled by.
detaro 4y ago
a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32529260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32529260
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woleium 4y ago
As I understand it, this is awe inspiring when experienced in real life. Pictures just don't do it justice, or so I am told.

12 points by oedmarap 4y ago

CharlesW 4y ago
Let me Wikipedia that for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Heizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Heizer

After looking at the linked images, I am terribly underwhelmed by the project. The only significant thing about the work is its size and honestly who cares? What a colossal waste of time and money.

xmonkee 4y ago
What's the point of typing out such a shallow dismissal? Are you into large-scale sculptural art? Would you know how to judge such a piece of art in general? If it's about the size, have you seen it in person to know the effect it has on you? It's called City. Did you consider the implications of that? Maybe the emptiness of it is the point? This is like a "modern art bad" reddit comment.
- pg_bot 4y ago
  There's been a tendency in the art world in the last 50 years or so to defend every work and dismiss any criticism as someone not knowing what they are talking about or being a philistine. Yet it is also widely accepted that the entire field of visual arts has been in a malaise for quite some time. There are failures in every walk of life, yet no one in the art world can accept that a work of art can be a failure. I think this mentality is partly responsible for the general decline in the public perception of modern art. I've seen enough, I don't need to see anymore to tell you it's bad.
- kcplate 4y ago
  > This is like a "modern art bad" reddit comment. No, not exactly, it’s an opinion. If the art is in essence a critique on “what is a city”, critiques of the installation itself as “what is art” is equally fair game. > Would you know how to judge such a piece of art in general? How is this a fair question? Would Heizer know how to judge a city?

muststopmyths 4y ago

Makes me wonder if there were persons like these in Mayan and Aztec society who created a random, huge art piece that archaeologists are today puzzled by.

detaro 4y ago

a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32529260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32529260

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woleium 4y ago

As I understand it, this is awe inspiring when experienced in real life. Pictures just don't do it justice, or so I am told.