I come from an academic background. I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself. Michael Heizer academicbackgroundpromote Change image and share on social
I wasn't an academic looking in books for ideas. But I educated myself about historical work that was similar to mine, to provide a frame of reference that wasn't the usual frame of reference of the New York art world and Europe. Michael Heizer academicartbook share on social
I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do. Michael Heizer artdynamicmake Change image and share on social
The history of American art, in a way, begins with Jackson Pollock and his big paintings. This theme of bigness - all painters and sculptors have dealt with it ever since. Michael Heizer americanartbegin Change image and share on social
The trouble is, once you say something about a source, then you've pegged it down, and so now I'm reluctant to say anything. If I say I developed 50 different shapes from Mississippian tumuli, that doesn't mean they're copies of tumuli - I'm not ripping off those shapes. Michael Heizer copydevelophave share on social