Double Negative
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Double Negative is a land art sculpture created by Michael Heizer between 1969 and 1970. It is located on the Mormon Mesa in Nevada and was made by removing 240,000 tons of earth to create two massive cuts, each 30 feet wide and 1,500 feet long, facing each other across a canyon. This work is a prime example of land art, a movement where artists use the natural landscape as both their medium and their site. Heizer's approach involved large-scale interventions in the environment, challenging traditional notions of art confined to studios and galleries.1
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