When land artist Michael Heizer began working on 'City,' his 1.5 mile long concrete and rock sculpture in rural #Nevada, it was 1970. Few Americans had a problem with building a monument in the middle of the desert. But in 2022, when it was complete, 'City' debuted into a different world: a greater understanding of #Indigenous genocide and colonialism stoked criticism of the work’s sociopolitical context and questions about its own message concerning land.
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