(October 1, 1935-July 25, 201 American artist, s illustrator and com His early sculptures the 1960s were influe by Dada, Suprematism Constructivism. In 1989, De Maria joined Gagosian Gallery. ‘ In 2014, the gallery presented the firstShowWs from De Maria’s estate.Installed in a loft at 141 Wooster St. in Soho, New York since 1977. 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).> American artist > Fascinated with entropy - the rate at which matter > famous for his use of photography in relation to sculpture and land art. > studied painting and drawing in New York City at the Art Students League of New York from 1955 to 1956 and later in Brooklyn Museum School. decays. > Gifted prolific writer, whose essays about Great Salt Lake creation made it one of the most famous and | romantic of all earth works,