Double Negative (artwork)
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[[File:Double Negative north trench.jpg|thumb|A view from the north trench, looking to the south]] |
[[File:Double Negative north trench.jpg|thumb|image_upright=1|A view from the north trench, looking to the south]] |
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'''''Double Negative''''' is a piece of [[land art]] located in the [[Moapa Valley, Nevada|Moapa Valley]] on [[Mormon Mesa]] (or [[Virgin River|Virgin River Mesa]]) near [[Overton, Nevada|Overton]], [[Nevada]]. ''Double Negative'' was created in 1969 by artist [[Michael Heizer]], and consists of a trench dug into the earth. |
'''''Double Negative''''' is a piece of [[land art]] located in the [[Moapa Valley, Nevada|Moapa Valley]] on [[Mormon Mesa]] (or [[Virgin River|Virgin River Mesa]]) near [[Overton, Nevada|Overton]], [[Nevada]]. ''Double Negative'' was created in 1969 by artist [[Michael Heizer]], and consists of a trench dug into the earth. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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[[Image:Double Negative Artwork.jpg|thumb|North trench with person for scale]] |
[[Image:Double Negative Artwork.jpg|thumb|image_upright=1|North trench with person for scale]] |
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The work consists of a long trench in the earth, 30 feet (9 m) wide, {{convert|50|ft|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. |
The work consists of a long trench in the earth, 30 feet (9 m) wide, {{convert|50|ft|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. |
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