1. Walter De Maria

2. Early Life Born in Albany, California on October 1, 1935 Studied history and art at University of California, Berkeley Originally trained as a painter but turned to sculpture and other media

3. Work Interest in task-oriented, gamelike projects that resulted in viewer-interactive sculptures Developed after seeing the work of La Monte Young and Simone Forti Boxes for Meaningless Work

4. New York Moved to new York in 1960 Early sculptures influenced by Dada and other art movements Eventually worked with other materials like stainless steel and aluminum

5. Installations Land art projects – The Lightning Field Urban works – Vertical Earth Kilometer – The Broken Kilometer

8. Vertical Earth Kilometer

9. The Broken Kilometer

10. New York Earth Room

11. Interesting Facts Musician drummer in Primitives Artist and musician for The Druds

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