The Earth Room New York

The new york earth room is an interior sculpture by the artist walter de maria that has been installed in a loft at 141 wooster street in new york city since 1977.

The earth room new york. You re not allowed to walk on sit in or even photograph the dirt but you can look at it. The main reason to visit the new york earth room is that it is such a magnificent and impressive sight. The earth room is a 22 inch deep layer of dirt spread across a 3 600 square foot gallery space in the middle of soho. The earth room is a 22 inch deep layer of dirt spread across a 3 600 square foot gallery space in the middle of soho.

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Great basin desert utah max neuhaus times square. The new york earth room 1977 is the third earth room sculpture executed by the artist the first being in munich germany in 1968. This work was commissioned and is maintained by dia art foundation. The work simply involves 250 cubic yards of pungent fertile dirt on the floor located on the second floor of a building on wooster street.

141 wooster street new york city hours. 0 10 mi the mercer hotel 0 24 mi crosby street hotel 0 11 mi spacious posh 1 bedroom in prime soho 0 23 mi sixty soho 0 31 mi the broome. The second was installed at the hessisches landesmuseum in darmstadt germany in 1974. View all hotels near the new york earth room on tripadvisor.

The first two works no longer exist. Walter de maria the new york earth room. There are 250 cubic yards of earth weighing 280 000 pounds covering a floor space of 3 600 square feet and with a depth of 22 inches. The new york earth room has been on long term view to the public since 1977.