New_York_Earth_Room
New York Earth Room
Installation by Walter De Maria
The New York Earth Room is an interior sculpture by the artist Walter De Maria that has been installed in a loft at 141 Wooster Street in New York City since 1977.[1] 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).[2] The installation has had the same caretaker, Bill Dilworth,[3] since 1989, and is maintained by the Dia Art Foundation who consider it one of their 12 locations and sites they manage.