Public Art
What is it? What’s its purpose? What
is the artists intention?
NIKKI DE SAINT PHALLE
Decorate, interactive
ANDY GOLDSWORTHY
Use nature, show the passing of time
ANISH KAPOOR
Reflect the surroundings, impose on the
space
CHRISTO AND JEAN CLAUDE
Make you question your surrounds, change the familiar,
study form
TESSA FARMER
fantasy, narrative
DAMIEN HIRST
Shock, change our
view of the familiar
MARC QUINN
Use of media, progressive thinking
ANTONY GORMELY
Question, think about your own human
existence
Involve others
AI WEI WEI
Society, politics, collaborative
working
TRACY EMIN
Personal experience, representational, honesty
RON MUECK
Realism, scale
SUN YUAN & PENG YU
Realism
MATT JOHNSON
JULIANA CERQUEIRA LEITE
Process, technique
JEFF KOONS
Provoke memories, contrast the surroundings, question
materials
Slinkachu
Scale, site specific, social documentary
TONY CRAGG
Recycled and found objects, environmental
concerns
CRAIG FISHER
Changing material, masculine/feminine, change
perspective
CLAES OLDENBURG
scale
Choose an area of the school
grounds
Design a piece of land art for this area…what does it
look like? What’s your intention as an artist? How will
the public react?
Pick 4 Sculptors…
Create your own design for each of the
chosen artists, using their style, technique,
intention or media.
•You will have a practical outcome for each.
• All 4 being in different materials
•And you will show your understanding of
their work by explaining what you know about
the piece of art, the artists reasons for
creating their sculpture and how your design
is inspired by theirs
Use a double page and be imaginative!!!
HYBRID
Something that is composed from two
different elements
CRAB
PARROT
IPOD
HEADPHONES
OCTOPUS
ZEBRA
MOBILE PHONE
LION
SHARK
SCISSORS
SNAKE
DOLPHIN
TRAINERS
CHANDILIER
EAGLE
KANGEROO
CAR ENGINE
KNIFE & FORK
PENGUIN
REINDEER
BOAT
TYPEWRITER
GIRAFFE
RHINO
CLOCK
ICE CREAM CONE
BEETLE
SPIDER
TEAPOT
BUTTERFLY
SEAHORSE
TREE
ELEPHANT
LEOPARD
ARMCHAIR
SEWING MACHINE
FROG
GORILLA
BINOCULARS
RADIO
TURTLE
ANGEL FISH
TRUMPET
VIOLIN
HAIRDRYER
LIGHTBULB
CAMERA
BICYCLE
A Zebroid
Liger
Centaurs- Greek
Mythology
Mermaids
Daniel Hillier
Hybrids in Nature- Two
different floral species
creating a new flower
Thomas Grunfeld
Hieronymus
Bosch
Hybrid Taxidermy
MAN RAY