Installation Art

Installation:
artwork that is designed to transform the perception of a space. Installation is often but not
always:
Site-specific
Inside (outside installations are considered Land or Earth Art)
Made of a variety of materials
Multi-sensory
Temporary

Types of Installation
Environmental: installations that seek to create a new environment in the
space being shown.
Gestalt: an organized whole that is understood as more than the sum of its parts.
For example, installations made of hundred, thousands, and millions of pieces to
create a whole work of art.
Interactive: the viewer must actively participate for the installation to be
perceived in full effect.

Brief History
1849
Richard Wagners idea of Gesamtkunstwerk.
1910s
Departure from traditional sculpture.
1950-60s Experimenting with theatrical sets
1960s
Art that fills a space.
1970s
Installation art prominent in art world .

Marcel Duchamps readymade sculpture, Bicycle Wheel, 1913

Kurt Schwitters
nonsense
environments
(Merzbau,1923-1948)!

Allan Kaprows sets for Happenings (Yard, 1961)

Claes Oldenburg, Store, 1961

Andy Warhols interactive Silver Clouds, 1966 and enormous prints in the
form of wallpaper. (Cow, 1966)

Big Time Installation Artists

Write down 3 ideas or questions from

the images you see.

Daniel Buren

Jeanne-Claude & Christo

lafur Elasson

Spencer Finch

Dan Flavin

Andy Goldsworthy

Flix Gonzlez-Torres

Cai Guo-Qiang

Ann Hamilton

Eva Hesse

Susan Hiller

Damien Hirst

Jenny Holzer

Anish Kapoor

Yayoi Kusama

Ernesto Neto

Judy Pfaff

Doris Salcedo

Jessica Stockholder

Do-Ho Suh

James Turrell

Ai Wei Wei

Matthew Ritchie

Rachel Whiteread

Jacob Dahlgren

Gabriel Dawe

Tara Donovan

Leandro Erlich

Monika Grzymala

Choi Jeong Hwa

Beili Liu

Cornelia Parker

Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam

KUSAMA

Claire Morgan

Dawn Ng

Mark JENKINS

Soo Sunny Park

SLINKACHO

Yasuaki Onishi

Sextafeira Produes

Berndnaut Smilde

Gerda Steiner & Jrg Lenzlinger

Anthropologie displays

Anthropologie displays

Anthropologie displays

NOW....student work

Student Work

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Student Work

Student Work

answer these questions

1. How many different materials can you spot
in the clip?

Sidney Harbour

answer these questions

1. How many different materials can you spot
in the clip?
2. What is the purpose of this piece?
3. Write at least 3 keywords to describe the
piece of artwork.

students brought in sand, made a dessert

island
paint on soccer field messy
upside down
christmas wonderland

FIELD TRIP!!

Installation project
1. Get into groups of 2-4 students.
2. Plan an mini installation for a class cubbie, first
sketch and plan out materials to get approved.
3. The installation must be temporary, meaning it
can be entirely removed from the cubbie when
we are done.
4. Evaluated by classmates.

Group Member Evaluations

Collaboration means sharing ideas and working together. Everyone needs to pull his or her weight. In order to give the fairest grade
possible, help Mrs. Reynolds by honestly evaluating yourself and your peers. Four total points possible, Good Participation is 1 point.
For each in-class work day mark your peers participation:
2 ABOVE AND BEYOND! 1 Good Participation

Name:

Participation
12/1
2/3

.5 Poor participation

0 Zero help A Absent

Comments
12/5

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