I didn't know Michael Heizer until I was preparing for my "Earthworks" show in 1968, and somebody called and told me to look at his work. Heizer had already made land art before any of the others and was deeply… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
I opened with Edward Kienholz's The Beanery, and that's such a controversial piece that I think that brought people right away. It was a… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
Quite honestly, even as a woman dealer, I really wasn't interested in masculinity or femininity as such. What was important to me was the… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
I think that Walter De Maria's Lightning Field, Michael Heizer's City, and Charles Ross's work in Star Axis New Mexico , all three will… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
I remember when I went to a gallery in Paris at one point, they had drawings of earthworks set in different places. I asked… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
The gallery closed its doors in 1971. I could no longer psychologically handle the needs of 12 artists. I cared about all of them,… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
What's happening in the larger world always influences art. When I first started the gallery in 1959, one of the first things I learned… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
I think the four land artists I showed all worked within a few years of each other. And they were standard bearers, I suppose,… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
Art wasn't for selling. Actually, we once did have an offer on Double Negative. Things could be sold actually - everything could be for… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
I think Michael Heizer and Walter De Maria had a love-hate relationship because they both had a lot in common. But inevitably one would… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
I didn't know Michael Heizer until I was preparing for my "Earthworks" show in 1968, and somebody called and told me to look at… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
I remember very vividly. I was here in New York. Nancy Holt called me and - I feel unhappy thinking about it - she… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
