Styles ART RESEARCH
Explore art styles, movements, and genres throughout art history
Installation Art
A term originally applied to the hanging or arranging of artwork for exhibition, its meaning has changed since the 1970s, primarily in the United States. Now the term also refers to site-specific artwork. Often this type of installation is composed of many items which create a message-bearing environment. Late 20th-century installation artists include Mathew Barney, Nayland Blake, Christian Boltanski, Walter De Maria, Chris Burden and Kiki Smith. Source: Robert Atkins, "Art Speak"
Artists Connected to Installation Art
Takashi Murakami
Born 1962 • New York, California / Japan
Installation sculpture, images of commercial merchandise, female dolls, watches
Urs Fischer
Born 1973 • New York / Switzerland
Large scale abstract sculpture, installations
Paul McCarthy
Born 1945 • Utah, California
Abject disfigurative sculpture, installation
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
1957 - 1996 • New York, Florida / Cuba
Minimalism, conceptulism, installation sculpture, floor pieces, graphics
Robert Smithson
1938 - 1973 • Texas, Utah, New Jersey
Earthworks, concept-site sketches
Charles Ray
Born 1953 • California, Illinois / Italy
Hypernatural human figure and animal sculpture, installations
Mike Kelley
1954 - 2012 • California, Michigan
Multi-media installations, comic book scenes, fabric sculpture, videos
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