Installation definitions

Text

lines of words that can be used in art to add meaning or as images in themselves

Monumental

on a very large scale

Antony Gormley - Asian Field

opened in march 2003

Provocative

something that provokes, excites or stimulates.

Pont Neuf

1602 wrapped in 1985

Kurt Schwitters- Merzbau -Date? -Why was it made?

1923 and 1936. It was made to escape Nazi Germans. Destroyed by an allied bombing

Christo and Jeanne-Claude - Wrapped coast -Date?

1968-69

Christo and Jeanne-Claude - Surrounded Islands -Date?

1980-83

Jeff Koons - Puppy -Date?

1992

Installation

An artwork created on a particular site or gallery creating an environment in itself.

Ephemeral

Being present only briefly, short-lived.

Conceptual

Concerned with ideas and thoughts.

Site Specific

Designed or made for a particular place.

Found Objects

Objects or materials that are found then used in an artwork giving them a new meaning.

Transient

Of short duration, momentary.

Earth Art

Sculptural forms created using the earth and environment, often on a vast scale and sometimes in remote locations.

Documentation

The collection of research on an artwork using writing, interviewing, audio and video recording or photographing.

Satire

ridicule, showing something up as funny or silly.