Full Coverage: ‘Levitated Mass,’ LACMA’s big rock
In March 2012, a big rock made the big trek from a quarry in Riverside County to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The 340-ton boulder became the centerpiece of Michael Heizer’s environmental sculpture “Levitated Mass,” which opened to the public in June of that year, and was later the subject of a documentary by Doug Pray, which premiered at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival. Below is The Times’ coverage of LACMA’s big rock star.
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With iPhones and cameras out, crowds virtually stampeded the white concrete path to view Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass,” which opened Sunday morning at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Doug Pray’s documentary captures the boulder’s journey to LACMA, the museum’s sculptural plans, and the artist Michael Heizer. But the film’s star is L.A. and residents’ reactions to the rock.
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The 340-ton boulder, destined to be the centerpiece of an artwork at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is drawing interest in its slow, circuitous move westward.
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The circuitous, nighttime journey of the 340-ton monolith, headed to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is due to start late Tuesday.
