Levitated Mass 2012

"Levitated Mass" (2012) by Michael Heizer is a monumental sculpture located at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The artwork is composed of a massive granite boulder seemingly suspended in mid-air above a concrete ramp. The viewer's perspective is guided by the path below the rock, encouraging an engagement with the scale and weight of this natural form. Heizer's minimalist approach in using raw materials and their placement questions the boundaries between art and nature. This is one of the most famous artworks of the Land Art genre, and is a testament to the powerful effects of scale and placement in contemporary sculpture.