Double Negative

Double Negative (1969-70) is a work of land art by the artist Michael Heizer. It is located in the Moapa Valley on Mormon Mesa near Overton, Nevada. Double Negative was acquired into MOCA's permanent collection in 1985.

"There is nothing there, yet it is still a sculpture."
-Michael Heizer

Double Negative is a piece of land art located in the Moapa Valley on Mormon Mesa (or Virgin River Mesa) near Overton, Nevada. It was completed in 1970 by the artist Michael Heizer. The work consists of a long trench in the earth, 30 feet (9 m) wide, 50 feet (15 m) deep, and 1500 feet (457 m) long, created by the displacement of 244,000 tons of rock, mostly rhyolite and sandstone. Two trenches straddle either side of a natural canyon (into which the excavated material was dumped). The "negative" in the title thus refers in part to both the natural and man-made negative space that constitutes the work. The work essentially consists of what is not there, what has been displaced. (Wikipedia)

Other venues

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MOCA Grand Avenue | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

California Plaza, 250 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, United States of America

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, United States of America

MOCA Pacific Design Center

8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, United States of America