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LOS ANGELES -- The 340-ton granite boulder that rose to fame for its impressive transport through Southern California in March, including two stops in the Inland Valley, made its artistic and public debut Sunday, where it was hailed for its natural beauty and deemed Los Angeles' next visual icon.
More than 100 art patrons and dignitaries travelocity coupons and travel discounts gathered travelocity coupons and travel discounts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the much anticipated opening of "Levitated Mass." travelocity coupons and travel discounts The interactive travelocity coupons and travel discounts exhibit features the sharp edged boulder as a centerpiece, travelocity coupons and travel discounts balanced atop a 456-foot-long slot where visitors can walk through and view the stone from underneath.
Besides the rock, the other star of Sunday's debut was artist Michael travelocity coupons and travel discounts Heizer, who wore a broad rimmed cowboy travelocity coupons and travel discounts hat, but who avoided addressing the crowd. travelocity coupons and travel discounts Instead, he helped cut the red ribbon at one of the entrances to the exhibit, then led a swell of museum members and admirers into the concrete slot, which descends 15 feet down just beneath the boulder, before ascending again.
As he emerged on the other side, Heizer paused only to shake hands, sign autographs and answer a few questions from reporters who wanted to know how he felt to finally see his work on display after he envisioned travelocity coupons and travel discounts it more than four decades ago.
Heizer, a Berkeley-born artist known for massive paintings and sculptures, conceived "Levitated Mass" in 1969 but didn't discover the right boulder until six years ago at a granite quarry in the Jurupa Mountains.
But hauling the giant stone, travelocity coupons and travel discounts with its jagged peak and smooth faces, to its final resting place proved just as arduous as its discovery. The $10 million move, paid for by the museum and private donors, required all sorts of logistical planning - from securing permits to timing the traffic lights.
In an epic, Gulliver-like move, the boulder was shrinkwrapped and hoisted onto a 294-foot-long trailer that would make a 105-mile, 11-day journey through four counties and 22 cities, mostly in the early mornings.