悬浮巨石

LevitatedMasschroniclesthejourneyofa340-tongraniteboulderthatwasmovedfromaquarryinRiversidetotheLosAngelesCountyMuseumofArtandmounteduponthewallsofa456-foot-longconcreteslot.Firstattemptedin1968,the2012permanentinstallation“LevitatedMass”isthelatestlandsculpturebyoneofAmerica’smostmisunderstoodandexcitingartists,MichaelHeizer.Hisrock’s105-miletransportcapturedinternationalmediaattentionandchallengedtheimaginationofthousandsofsouthernCaliforniansover10nightsasitcrawledthroughfourcountiesonafootball-field-longtransport.AsfascinatingisthedramaticstoryofHeizer’spastandpresentwork,theambitionsofamajormetropolitanmuseum,andthepublic’sreactiontothismassivedisplayofmodern(yetancient-feeling)conceptualart.