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Walter De Maria, The Equal Area Series, 1976—77. © Walter De Maria. Photo: Bill Jacobson. |
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| Selected Bibliography |
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Hess, Thomas B. "Walter De Maria, or the Emperor's New Cat Box." New York, 31 October 1977, pp. 102–03.
Smith, Roberta. "De Maria: Elements." Art in America 66, no. 3 (May–June 1978), pp. 103–05.
De Maria, Walter. "The Lightning Field." Artforum 18, no. 8 (April 1980), pp. 52–59.
Walter De Maria: Two Very Large Presentations. Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1989. Texts by J. C. Cooper, Olle Granath, Pontus Hultén, Cecilia Lindqvist, Lars Nittve, Mario Perniola, and Ingrid Rein.
Wakefield, Neville. "Walter De Maria: Measure and Substance." Flash Art 28, no. 182 (May–June 1995), pp. 91–94.
Walter De Maria: 1999 Milano 2000. Milan: Fondazione Prada, 1999. Text by Germano Celant.
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| Biography |
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Walter De Maria was born in 1935 in Albany, California, and studied history and art at the University of California, Berkeley.
In 1960 he moved to New York City, where he continues to live and work. With Robert Whitman, De Maria cofounded a gallery at 9 Great Jones Street, Manhattan, in 1963, and held a show of his sculptures there that year. His work was included in the "Primary Structures" exhibition at the Jewish Museum, New York, in 1966. De Maria has had numerous international shows, at venues including the Kunsthaus Zürich (1999), the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (1991), the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (1987), and the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1984).
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