Double Negative, Land art on Mormon Mesa in Clark County, US
Two monumental trenches cut into the desert landscape measure 1500 feet long, 50 feet deep, and 30 feet wide, spanning across a natural canyon.
Artist Michael Heizer created this earthwork between 1969 and 1970 by removing 240,000 tons of sandstone and rhyolite using dynamite and construction equipment.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles received Double Negative in 1984 under the condition that nature would gradually transform the installation through erosion.
Visitors need a four-wheel drive vehicle to access the remote site, located 65 miles northeast of Las Vegas through unpaved roads in the Moapa Valley.
The parallel trenches form a continuous geometric void across the mesa, incorporating negative space as the primary element of the sculptural composition.
Location: Clark County
GPS coordinates: 36.61531,-114.34455
Latest update: March 13, 2025 18:16
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