INSTALLATION ART

What is Installation Art?

• Installation art is a kind of an immersive work where the

environment or the space in which the viewer steps into or
interacts with (going around installative art) is transformed
or altered.
• Usually large-scale.
• Installation art makes use of a host of objects, materials,
conditions, and even light and aural components.
Examples of Installation art:
Cadillac Ranch is a public
art installation and
sculpture
in Amarillo, Texas, US. It
was created in 1974
by Chip Lord, Hudson
Marquez and Doug
Michels, who were a part
of the art group Ant Farm.
Well-known installation artists

Allan Kaprow was an American

painter, assemblagist and a pioneer
in establishing the concepts of
performance art. He helped to
develop the "Environment" and
"Happening" in the late 1950s and
1960s, as well as their theory.
Born: August 23, 1927 - Atlantic City, New Jersey
Died: April 5, 2006 - Encinitas, California
Known for: Installation art, Painting
Well-known installation artist

Yayoi Kusama, (born March 22,

1929, Matsumoto, Japan), Japanese
artist who was a self-described
“obsessional artist,” known for
her extensive use of polka dots and for
her infinity installations. She
employed painting, sculpture, perform
ance art, and installations in a variety
of styles, including Pop
art and Minimalism.
EARTH ART
-Sometimes considered as a kind a spin-off of
installation art, earth art (or land art) is when the natural
environment or a specific site or space is transformed by
artists. It is a kind of human intervention into a specific
landscape or terrain.
Earth art is different from environmental art in a sense
that it does not focus on the subject (environmental
issues or concerns) but rather on landscape
manipulation and the materials used, taken directly from
the ground or vegetation (rocks or twigs).
 Examples of Earth Art
Realized in April 1970, Robert Smithson's Spiral
Jetty is one of the most recognizable works from
the Earth art movement. Smithson constructed a
1,500-foot-long and fifteen-foot-wide spiral made of
stones, algae, and other organic materials (6,000
tons in all) in the northeastern part of Utah's Great
Salt Lake.

A sculptor and photographer, Andy Goldsworthy not only

works with nature, but in nature. Rather than building
monumental constructions on or out of the land,
Goldsworthy works almost telepathically with nature,
rearranging its natural forms in such a way as to enhance
rather than detract from their beauty. Often quite small in
scale, his poetic site-specific pieces are made from
ephemeral or organic materials - dandelion flowers lain in
a ring or icicles perched on a rock
 Street Art
This art movement is related to graffiti art as it is a
by-product of the rise of graffiti in the 1980s.
Artworks created are not traditional in format but are
informed by the illustrative, painterly and print
techniques and even a variety of media (even video
projections). Some of the examples of this include
murals, stenciled images, stickers, and installations
or installative/sculptural objects usually out of
common objects and techniques.
These works operate under interesting
circumstances since they are unsanctioned and do
not enjoy the invigilated environments of museum
and galleries.
 Example of Street Art
Sweep It Under The Carpet
Year: 2006
Location: Chalk Farm Road, London, England

Sweep it Under the Carpet appeared on a wall

on Chalk Farm Road, North London in 2006. It
portrays a woman dressed as a maid who is
sweeping dirt under the cover of a brick wall. The
work is said to represent the reluctance of the
Western world to deal with global issues such as
poverty, or other issues dear to Banksy.
Those red bricks have been painted on the white
wall of the White Cube gallery.
The gallery let the painting stay for a while but
eventually removed it.
Figure 20. Banksy, “Sweep It Under the Carpet.” (Hoxton)
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