installation art Flashcards
It is an art form consisting of three- dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform interior and exterior spaces to achieve an effect.
Installation art
- composed of several genres such as painting, sculpture and materials
True or false:
Installation art is permanent
False - not
It is often identified with sculpture because of its three-dimensional forms and the techniques employed in it.
Installation art
as a visual art form, is labor intensive and the artist usually works with fellow artists and assistants with welding, carpentry, construction, and fabrication skills because installation art involves combination of several things: Architectural setting, environment site, use of everyday objects in a specific context, and the viewer/ participant.
Installation art
considers the entire space as part of the artwork, creating an interactive experience for viewers. This art form emerged as a movement in the 1960s and is often site-specific, designed to engage audiences physically and emotionally
Installation art
This type of installation art uses digital tools and technologies such as video projections, sensors, and
augmented reality to create immersive experiences
Technology-aided installation art
Examples:
- Rain Room by Random International: An interactive space where visitors walk through simulated rain without getting wet due to motion sensors.
- Infinity Mirror Rooms by Yayoi Kusama: A series of mirrored installations with LED lights creating infinite reflections
This type of installation art combines live performances with physical installations, emphasizing time-based interaction
Performance-installation art
- I Like America and America Likes Me by Joseph Beuys: A performance featuring the artist interacting with a live coyote in an enclosed gallery space.
- Yard by Allan Kaprow: Participants climbed through piles of tires in an outdoor installation
This type of installation art art focuses on conveying ideas or concepts rather than aesthetics or technical skill.
Conceptual installation art
Example:
- The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago: A triangular table with ceramic plates representing historical women’s achievements.
- Pharmacy by Damien Hirst: An installation resembling a pharmacy to explore themes of medicine and mortality
This type of installation art engage viewers directly, requiring their participation to complete the experience.
Interactive installation art
Examples:
- Sunflower Seeds by Ai Weiwei: Millions of hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds spread across
a floor, inviting visitors to walk over them.
- Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View by Cornelia Parker: Suspended fragments of an exploded
shed, allowing viewers to walk around and observe the details
This type of installation art art integrates natural elements or addresses ecological themes
Environmental installation art
Example:
- Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson: A massive earthwork made from rocks and earth in Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
- The Weather Project by Olafur Eliasson: A large-scale installation simulating the sun using light and mist at Tate Modern
consists of an installation art piece on which light, video, or film is projected.
TECHNOLOGY-AIDED INSTALLATION ART
is combined with theater and dance. Lights and sounds are part of the design and performance is made under a specific span of time.
PERFORMANCE-INSTALLATION
- requires careful planning
places emphasis on an idea or concept rather than in the tangible art object.
CONCEPTUAL-INSTALLATION ART
allows the viewer to touch, walk in or through, listen to, or interact with the installation piece.
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION ART
encompasses ecological concerns and is a celebration of an artist’s connection with the beauty of nature, the natural world, and environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATION
