Found in Utah desert

[Goodyguy]

Strange 12 foot tall three sided monolith found in remote area of Utah desert .......................
Any ideas?

 

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[Rebel - KGC]

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The Utah Department of Public Safety has released a statement quoting the Bureau of Land Management saying that it is illegal to install structures or art without permission on public lands "no matter what planet you're from".

BA HA HA HA! "They" know English...

 

[blauer]

That's where I put that! Actually, this is work of the minimalist artist John McCraken:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCracken_(artist)

 

[Red-Coat]

That's where I put that! Actually, this is work of the minimalist artist John McCraken:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCracken_(artist)

There has been speculation that it's McCracken's work, but he can't have been responsible for the installation. Examination of dates on Google Earth pictures shows that it was placed there sometime after August 2015. McCracken died in 2011. He's also not known for placing works in such remote locations, but one other minimalist artist very much is known for this and has been suggested as a possible candidate for the work... the Los Angeles based artist Petecia Le Fawnhawk, as noted on one of the other Tnet threads about the monolith:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...part-utah-fuels-speculation-how-got-ther.html

 

[Bruce R]

Well, where is this thing right now ? Someone cart it home ? Authorities confiscate it ? Still where it was found ?

 

[Goodyguy]

Well, where is this thing right now ? Someone cart it home ? Authorities confiscate it ? Still where it was found ?

Turned up missing sometime Fri, night. 11/27/2020

 

[cyzak]

Turned up missing sometime Fri, night. 11/27/2020

Damn scrappers they will hygrade anything out there.

 

[flyadive]

Found it! Lol

 

[Goodyguy]

Damn scrappers they will hygrade anything out there.

As scrap stainless steel it is worth up to $3 lb.
As a nationally known piece of art, probably worth many hundreds on the black market.

I think whoever put it there recovered it to avoid stiff penalties.

 

[WilliamBoyd]

Kolob?

 

[cw0909]

a monolith popped up in romania but has disappeared

https://hyperallergic.com/604822/ut...d-in-romania-but-just-as-quickly-disappeared/

 

[OcdChaos]

Update on the Utah story. There are pictures taken of the men that took it down and a story to go with it of why they went and took it down. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/arts/design/utah-monolith-removed-instagram.html