Living With Art
Installation Art
Installation Art
Ø refers to a category of site- specific works that are meant to change the
viewer’s perception and sensory experience of the space they inhabit,
instilling a unique atmosphere via the arranged elements within the
controlled space.
Ø an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific
and designed to transform the perception of a space.
Ø an art form designed to transform interior and exterior spaces to
achieve an effect. They are designed and installed only in the space for
which they were created.
Ø a visual artwork that can be constructed from a variety of materials and
can be created in a variety of locations.
Ø a relatively new genre of contemporary art - practiced by an increasing
number of postmodernist artists - which involves the configuration or
"installation" of objects in a space.
History of Installation Art
Ø It was first recorded in the 1960s.
Ø The early art installation was the natural extension of
Marcel Duchamp who crafted the ready made art
movement characterized by art made from manufactured
objects.
Ø During the 1970s, installation artworks gained more
accepted in the art world.
Ø In the 1980s established the conditions for Installation Art
to become a dominant format, particularly in the
production of large-scale and spectacular work.
Purpose of Installation Art
Ø Aims to change a viewers perception of the space and environment
in which it is in.
Ø To describe large-scale, mixed-media constructions, often designed
for a specific place or for a temporary period of time.
Ø To evoke emotion and conversation and to bring light to issues that
are important to the artist.
Ø Aims to shift the focus from the literal visual representation of a
piece to what the conceptual meaning is behind it.
Ø To convey ideas, demonstrate skill and talent, and construct
knowledge.
Characteristics of Installation Art
Non-collectible: Due to the size, scope, and distinctiveness or significance of installation
art, unlike a painting or small sculpture, buyers typically are unable to purchase it for a
home display
Huge in size: The works are frequently made to be site-specific in settings like renovated
warehouses, sizable spaces in a gallery or museum, or even in a public art venue
Temporary: Whether the display term is a few months or a few years,almost all
installation pieces are made to be transient. It's currently popular for artists to set up and
take down interactive works in various galleries or institutions over the course of years
as part of traveling exhibitions.
Sensory-rich: By constructing an environment that the viewer can physically enter or by
using light, sound, or smell to create an entire scene, the installations allow the viewer to
participate in the action.
Different Types of Installation Art
Technology-aided installation art
- consists of an installation art piece on which light, video or film is projected.
Performanced installation art
- It is combined with theatre and dance. Lights and sounds are part of the design and
perfomance is made under a specific span of time.
- This type of installation requires careful planning not only for placement of the
materials but more importantly, to achieve the desired effect when combined with lights,
sounds, and the performer’s movements.
Interactive Installation Art
- Allows the viewer to touch, walk in or through, listen to or interact with the
installation pieces.
Different Types of Installation Art
Conceptual Installation Art
- Places emphases on a idea or concept rather than in a tangible art object.
It may include written text, instruction, or questions that leads the viewer to
think about an idea.
- it follows the notion that art should examine its own nature. The role of the
artist, therefore, is to make people think and reflect through the use of an
art piece as stimulus.
Environmental Installation Art
- encompasses ecologicl concern and is celebration of an artist’s connection
with the beauty of nature, the natural world, and environment. There are also artists
who educate people about environmental degradation or directly address
environment issues or react to natural disasters and calamities.
Famous Installation
Artists and Their Arts
Infinity M
• Yayoi Kusama
• The Souls of Millions of
Light Years Away
• This work first appeared in
the exhibition Floor Show,
held at Castellane Gallery,
in New York, in 1965.
• each light bulb represents
a human soul from
millions of lightyears away
and the mirrors are meant
to evoke a sense of "selfobliteration in the light of
another world."
Dead Whale
April 25, 2019
• Biboy Royong
• The art installation is
part of the "eARTh
Month" organized by
the Cultural Center of
the Philippines.
• He revealed his latest
work of art, a 78-footlong whale sculpture
made entirely of plastics
recovered from the
ocean.
Embank
• Rachel
Whiteread
• The idea for
Embankment started in
early childhood.
Without the old, used
cardboard box,
Whiteread might never
have found the initial
inspiration for the white
cubes. She came across
the box just after her
mother died.
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