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The Lightning Field (1977), by the American sculptor Walter De Maria, is a work of Land Art situated in a remote area of the high desert of western New Mexico. It is comprised of 400 polished stainless-steel poles installed in a grid array measuring one mile by one kilometer.
The Lightning Field (1977) is a land art work in Catron County, New Mexico, by sculptor Walter De Maria. It consists of 400 stainless steel poles with solid, pointed tips, arranged in a rectangular 1 mile × 1 kilometre grid array. [1]
Aug 12, 2009 · Comprised of 400 polished stainless steel poles installed in a grid array one mile by one kilometer, “The Lightning Field” by sculptor Walter De Maria is recognized as one of the late-20th...
Feb 21, 2024 · The Lightning Field created by sculptor Walter De Maria is today celebrated as one of the 20th century’s most noteworthy installations of land art.
Kathleen Shields’s recently published An Essential Solitude: Walter De Maria’s The Lightning Field/Revisited offers a thoughtfully written, personal reflection on her thirty-year relationship with this iconic, world-renowned work of Land Art.
Advance reservations for an overnight stay at The Lightning Field are required, and are accepted beginning February 1, 2016 at 12am MST for the current year's visiting season only. Visits by parties of up to six people (one night only) are available from May 1 through October 31, seven days a week.
When he announced The Lightning Field in the April 1980 issue of Artforum De Maria explained, “The invisible is real” and “Isolation is the essence of land art.” These are the statements that preoccupied us as we explored this work of art.
