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Nancy Holt

Nancy Holt

Nancy Holt (April 5, 1938 – February 8, 2014) was an American artist most known for her public sculpture, installation art and land art. In 1974, she collaborated with fellow artist Richard Serra on Boomerang, in which he videotaped her listening to her own voice echoing back into a pair of headphones after a time …

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Dark Star Park

a sculptural land-art installation in Rosslyn, Virginia by Nancy Holt. Completed in 1984, it was the first major commissioned public art project in the United States. The sculpture, which replaced a run-down gas station, consists of five spheres, two pools, four steel poles, a stairway, a large tunnel for passage, a small tunnel for viewing and …

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