A. What is installation art?
Installation art is art that take over and redefines a space. It's usually seen as trendy and always three dimensional. This space can be entered, explored, experienced, and reflected upon. Some Installation art, like "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" change the gallery space entirely. In this specific piece Richard Wilson removed an entire window from the gallery and used it in his space.
B. What materials are used installation art?
The genre incorporates a broad range of materials ranging from natural to media and technology. Because the genre is so interpretative it wouldn't make sense to limit these imaginative artists to a certain media.
C. Why make installation art?
Artist make installation art because it forces the viewer to enter the environment. The viewer experiences an emotional connected to the artist's art which may not be possible in two dimensional art.
D. Which artist/installation did I find most interesting?
I really enjoyed Richard Wilson's piece in the art center in Stockholm. He actually turned the entire building into a giant installation. He took a section of the building and rotated it backwards and forwards. Now the window come down to the people instead of people having to walk up to view out. Richard changes the way the normal world works. Installation art helps viewers to see the world in a totally different way.
Now, to make my masterpiece I sat down and thought about these questions:
A. From the material reviewed, is there a inspiration piece that I feel a connection with?
I really connected to the pieces that invite the viewer into a world that is normally private. Art that makes the viewer really think about who would live in this world. Like Richard Wilson's "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" or Ann Hamilton's "mantle" these installations make the viewer feel uncomfortable, almost like they are doing something wrong.
B. What theme do I want to explore in my installation? Refer to your textbook if you need to review Themes of Art.
I'd like to explore the theme of self, and maybe some media in my installation. I wanted the installation to reflect me and my expressions of frustration and stress during "late nighters", which is what I want to portray. I wanted my piece to make the viewer feel the anxiety of being a college student, and also maybe a little bit of the fun too.
C. What materials will I use? I'm going to use common household items to re-create the scene of studying for a large exam. Glass, books, cloth, etc
D. Where will this installation be located and why? The installation is located in a bedroom because that is where the subject would be living this installation- if it had come to life. If my installation was in a gallery I would create it in a boxed in room in order for the viewer to get the overall feeling of being up all night studying for an exam.
I hope when viewing the pictures you can understand the overall experience I was trying to create. It certainly made me feel stressed creating it!
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