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Devils Tower–LA was exhibited at Las Cienegas Projects in Los Angeles in September 2010.

Here's the press release for the show:

Devils Tower, America's first official National Monument, makes its Los Angeles debut as Las Cienegas Projects presents Devils Tower-LA, a solo exhibition by Matthias Merkel Hess. The exhibition includes a sculpture, posters, and the Devils Tower-LA Trading Post.

Visitors to the show will see a massive, unfired clay sculpture of the Wyoming rock tower, a form of the monument popularized by the character Roy Neary in the 1977 Steven Spielberg film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Also on display will be ink-on-paper posters advertising the show and the Devils Tower–LA Trading Post, a gift shop set up within the exhibition. During the run of the show, the Trading Post will feature a variety of objects and small sculptures for sale, including an unlimited edition of small, glazed ceramic Devils Tower-LA Sculptures, and limited edition ceramic Devils Rocks that evoke the geometric, igneous rock columns of the Devils Tower. The Devils Tower–LA Trading Post accepts cash or check.