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 make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do. Michael Heizer artdynamicmake Change image and share on social
The size thing is not some gimmick or attention-getting trick but a genuine undercurrent of the work. Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural. Michael Heizer architecturalattentionbuilding 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
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
