Negative Sculpture—Nubia

Michael Heizer

1980

Granite and steel

Dallas Museum of Art

“Place is material, material is place.” — Michael Heizer Michael Heizer brings nature inside by embedding stones into the museum wall. Roughly geometric blocks of black Nubian granite are set into three-and-one-half-inch steel liners that are then covered with sheet rock to create a finished wall. Sculpture penetrates into something rather than projecting outward. The large size and the surface quality of the stone may evoke a sense of prehistoric monuments placed mysteriously in the landscape. “Place is material, material is place.” — Michael Heizer Michael Heizer brings nature inside by embedding stones into the museum wall. Rough