Walter De Maria Exhibition

Gagosian Gallery Madison Avenue

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Gagosian Gallery announces the representation of the Estate of the late Walter De Maria, a vital figure in the evolution of Minimalism, Conceptual art, Land art, and installation. De Maria died in July of 2013 at the age of 77.

On November 8, the first exhibition of sculptures and works on paper from the Estate will be presented. This will be the sixth exhibition of De Maria’s work to be held at Gagosian Gallery’s locations since 1989.

The works on view, which date from 1976 to 1990, include a pair of floor sculptures from the Equal Area Series (1976–90). Each of the 25 pairs in the series comprises a 7/8-inch thick, solid stainless steel circle and square which, despite their distinctive geometries, measure nearly the same square space. A British racing green wall as backdrop recalls the installation of Pair number 19, at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm in 1989.

Large Rod Series: Pedestal Rods 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 (1984) comprises five highly-polished solid stainless steel rods ranging from 5 to 13 sides, placed atop individual pedestals and spaced two meters apart. This work is part of a thirteen-year span of horizontal sculptures, beginning with The Broken Kilometer (1979), in which De Maria explored mathematical sequences through the grouping of similar polygonal forms. The Pure Polygon Series (1976), an editioned portfolio of seven drawings executed with a stencil, complements these sculptures. And, finally, De Maria’s prescient meditation on the incalculable reality of existence, There exists in the Universe more than One Billion Galaxies (1988), will also be on view.

A nonprofit entity established by Larry Gagosian, the Walter De Maria Foundation will be dedicated to managing the late artist’s rights and reproductions, advising on curatorial matters, and overseeing the preparation of a major monograph. Elizabeth Childress, former director of the De Maria studio, and current director of the Walter De Maria Collection and Archives, commented, “Walter so wished to establish his own foundation, but sadly he did not accomplish this during his lifetime. It is an important step to have this entity as both a protection and a promotion of his legacy.”

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Schedule

from November 08, 2014 to December 20, 2014

Opening Reception on 2014-11-08 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Walter De Maria

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