The Earth Room New York

141 wooster street new york city hours.

The earth room new york.

When i visit i usually look at the dirt for about five minutes and then leave. However it can also get noisy and the busy lifestyle is tiring. And no there s not much to see at this free exhibit except actual waist high dirt. View all hotels near the new york earth room on tripadvisor.

Created by american artist walter de maria in 1977 it has been a peaceful. Walter de maria the new york earth room. The second was installed at the hessisches landesmuseum in darmstadt germany in 1974. Great basin desert utah max neuhaus times square.

The first two works no longer exist. The new york earth room has been on long term view to the public since 1977. The new york earth room is permanent and unchanging in a city that is constantly evolving a city predicated on relentless change. It s unbelievable this art installation still exists in a one loft apartment filled with wall to wall dirt.

Walter de maria the vertical earth kilometer. 53 reviews of the new york earth room hidden away on the second floor of a nondescript building in soho is the earth room a studio apartment sized space filled with 280 000 lbs. A visit to the new york earth room is a great opportunity to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life and relax. 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.

It is also a piece that escapes the grasp of the art market and stands in defiance of the. Hotels near the new york earth room. The sculpture is a permanent installation of 250 cubic yards 197 cubic meters of earth in 3 600 335 square meters square feet of floor space and 22 inch depth of material 56 centimeters. The new york earth room new york city.

Friedrichsplatz park kassel germany nancy holt sun tunnels. See 40 reviews articles and 8 photos of the new york earth room ranked no 503 on tripadvisor among 1 273 attractions in new york city. In 1977 new york s earth room opened its doors to 250 cubic yards of earth in a room on soho s wooster street. 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 new york earth room 1977 is the third earth room sculpture executed by the artist the first being in munich germany in 1968. In a city where everything is for sale the earth room has stood silently for four decades remaining economically useless. You re not allowed to walk on sit in or even photograph the dirt but you can look at it.