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Telena Vo poses with the new art exhibit ''Levitated Mass,'' a permanent exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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A visitor poses with the new art exhibit ''Levitated Mass,'' on Tuesday.
AP reports: The rock was the star as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulled the covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation — a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it's floating in midair.
Its centerpiece is the two-story-tall chunk of granite that was hauled 105 miles from a Riverside rock quarry earlier this year. Since then, the rock has been carefully positioned above a 465-foot-long trench that museum visitors can stroll. Continue reading the full story.
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Telena Vo poses with the new art exhibit ''Levitated Mass,'' on Tuesday.
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And this passes for art?!?!?
I've been following this project along... when you consider the costs to make it, i.e., to dig it from the qwuarry, ship it (including custom tow truck & apparatus0, ans install it, it could be one of the costliest 'art' works ever made!!
Well, at least the visitors are enjoying it!