Art in Public Site Specific Contemporary Sculpture Contemporary
Art in Public Site Specific Contemporary Sculpture
Contemporary art: Art that is being made now. Reflects our world, what we do and who we are. Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). Chicago IL
Installation: Art that has been arranged in a place. • Can be indoors or out • Can be specific to a place or not • Can change a place or not
Raintrees. Penelope Thompson
Uberorgan. Tim Hawkinson. 2000
Site Specific: When an installation is purposely placed in a particular spot for various reasons.
Untitled. Petah Coyne
The Wrappped Reichstag. Jean Claude & Christo.
Public Art: Art that is designed specifically for areas accessible to the general public. • The meanings and functions of these works varies widely based on the community and individuals which commission them.
Priztker Pavilion. Frank Gehry
CO 2 LED by artists Jack Sanders, Robert Gay and Butch Anthony
I See What You Mean. Lawrence Argent.
Commission: Hiring someone to execute a certain work or set of works. • If someone else has an idea and another artist makes their idea happen, the artist is ‘commissioned. ’
Grant: A gift of funds for a specific purpose
Proposal: An idea that is put forward for consideration. • If someone wants to fund the idea a ‘grant’ is awarded.
Deadline: the time by which something must be finished or submitted • ALL working artists have deadlines! • ALL working people have deadlines!
Model: a miniature representation to show the construction or appearance of something
Ascending Disc. Brian Moneypenny.
Scale: How big or small something is compared to objects in the real world
Some artist who create installation and public art….
Christo & Jeanne Claude • husband/wife team • Make HUGE public artworks that they pay for themselves by selling the proposal drawings first • Need the help of the entire community to build the artwork. They consider this as much as an art form as the finished product!
The Gates (sketch). Central Park, New York. 2004
Maya Lin • Sculptor & architect • Most known for designing the Vietnam Memorial at the age of 20!
Dale Chihuly • Glass artist who works with a team of artists • Creates huge glass sculptures that are placed in a variety of environment (hotels to greenhouses)
Frank Gehry • Architect • Best known in Chicago for design the state in Millenium Park (Priztker Pavillion). • Creates models out of simple materials • Very loose and sketching proposal drawings • Uses organic forms that appear to melt together.
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