Site Specific Art
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Site-specific art is created for and linked to a specific location. It emerged in the 1960s and 1970s and includes land art, ephemeral art, public art, and monuments. Examples discussed include Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson, Ice Piece by Andy Goldsworthy, The Ice Cube Project by Marco Evaristti, and The Lightning Field by Walter De Maria.
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Site Specific Art
- 1. CHAPTER 10: SITE SPECIFIC-ART
- 2. Definition Site Specific art are produced for one location. The content and the meaning are linked to the site. The term site specific art started in the 1960s and 1970s as a blanket category for art that was created for or in a specific location.
- 3. Types of Site-Specific Art There are many types, goals, and styles of site-specific art including: Land and environmental art Ephemeral art Public art Monuments
- 4. Nazca Lines - Figure of a Hummingbird
- 5. FIG: 10-1, p.198 ROBERT SMITHSON. Spiral Jetty , Great Salt Lake, Utah (1970) Black Rocks, salt, earth, eater, and algae. L:1,500’; W:15’.
- 6. FIG: 10-2, p.199 ANDY GOLDSWORTHY. Ice Piece (12 January 1987). Cibachrome photograph. 76cm x76cm.
- 9. FIG: 10-4 MARCO EVARISTTI. The Ice Cube Project (204). Red dye and seawater, Greenland coast.
- 10. FIG: 10-7, p. 201 WALTER DE MARIA. The Lighting Field (1977). 400 polished stainless steel poles, each d.5.1(2) x h. 628.7(247.5), total area 1 mile x 1km. Quernado, New Mexico.
- 11. FIG: 10-9, p.203 Ariel view of The Gates in Central Park with Manhattan Skyline.
- 12. Michael Heizer, Double Negative, 1969/1970
- 13. FIG: 10-12, p.204 CHARLES SIMONDS. Landscape - Body - Dwelling (1971). Artist’s body, clay. Life Size.
- 15. Gordon Matta-Clark "Conical Intersect" 1975
- 17. EPHEMERAL ART
- 18. FIG: 10-13, p.205 CAI GUO-QJANG. Transient Rainbow over East River. New York City (2002).
- 19. Chris Burden
- 20. Chris Burden
- 21. Joseph Beuys
- 22. Vito Acconci
- 23. Vito Acconci
- 24. PUBLIC ART
- 25. Richard Serra [American, 1939– ], Tilted Arc , 1981.
- 26. FIG: 10-18, p.208 ANTONI GAUDI. Serpent/Salamander (1900-1914). Parc Guell, Barcelona, Spain.
- 27. FIG: 10-22, p.209 ANISH KAPOOR. Cloud Gate . Millennium Park, Chicago.
- 28. MONUMENTS
- 29. FIG: 10-23, p.210 Cow from the Cow Parade (2006). Boston, Massachusetts.
- 30. FIG: 10-26, p.211 PETER EISENMAN. Holocaust Memorail, Berlin (2004).
- 31. FIG: 10-28, p.213 MAYA YING LIN. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. (1982). Polished black granite. L:492’.