A. Installation art describes an artistic genre of site-specific, three-dimensional works designed to transform the perception of a space.
B. Installation art is not necessarily confined to gallery spaces and can be any material intervention in everyday public or private spaces.
C. People make installation art to express themselves, just like any other form of art. Piecing everyday objects together is a good way to get a view across because they are usually objects we don't think too much about.
D. Andy Goldsworthy has been one of my favorite artists for years, he does a ton of installation nature pieces. He is in our textbook, but the piece I like the most of his is called 'Pebbles'. He is amazing because his pieces are extremely unique, and he does not harm or effect anything in nature when he is making art. Everything is natural, and stays that way.
Step 4: Plan
A. I am always inspired by things in nature, but since the weather has been awful, I did not have a chance in the past week to put as much thought and time as I wanted to do to something outside. Of course I was at work the few hours this week it was nice out. Again, the Andy Goldsworthy piece in the book would be the one I would choose that I enjoy the most.
B. The theme I decided to explore with my piece was (inside) environment and contradiction.
C. The materials I decided to use were household lamps in a remodeled bathroom (still not used-no danger involved). I wanted to mess with the lighting, and new reflections, and just make something that gives the viewer a different perception of the chosen space.
D. My bathroom was recently remodeled and I wanted to explore all the new angles and reflections in the room BEFORE all of the everyday "stuff" gets moved back in. It was like a blank canvas for me to work with unlike the rest of the house that has so much going on it would involve a very extensive thought process and frustration.
Step 6:
4 & 5: Description: (Describe what you see). This installation piece is a series of different household lamps in and around a bathtub. I decided to do it at night to emphasize shadows, and be able to do cool angles with light reflections, making the new wall color pop.
The principles and elements that are used, are:
Line- The tiles
Emphasis & Color- The only colorful lamp on the floor
Shape- The tiles, tub, shades
Rhythm- The different levels of the tops of the lamps from the last view up and down
Proportion- They are all the same objects, but different in the small details.
I have chosen a "specific space" and "specific objects" to demonstrate the characteristics of that space in a unique way... a way which it wouldn't typically be seen on an everyday basis or ever for that matter... and have presented it in a manner that creates a certain mood or emotional connection with the viewer apart from what might be typically expected or understood about that space through common knowledge or assumption prior to seeing it this way and possibly bringing out some of it's unexpected aesthetic values.
6. Site specific art, is artwork created to exist in a certain place. Typically, the artist takes the location into account while planning and creating the artwork. A site specific installation might actually be easier. I am just all out better at executing great work when I am directly told what to do and where. But on the flip side, projects like these make me come out of my comfort zone a little and do random things instead of something so planned.
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