INSTALLATION

ART is

an artistic genre of threedimensional works that are often site-specific and designed
to transform the perception of a space.

RETHINKING OF LIVES AND VALUES

Some are
mute

Installation artists are more concerned with

the presentation of their message than with the
means used to achieve it. As a result, computer
art is becoming a key feature. However, unlike
'pure' Conceptual art, which is supposedly
experienced in the minds of those introduced to
it, Installation art is more grounded - it remains
tied to a physical space. Conceptualism and
Installations are two of the best examples
of Postmodernist art. Admired and hated by art
critics, both forms are widely exhibited in many
of the world's best galleries of contemporary
art.

Installation art is a relatively new genre

of contemporary art, practiced by an increasing
number
of postmodernist
artists,
which
incorporates a range of 2-D and 3-D materials
to influence the way we experience or perceive
a particular space

TYPES OF
INSTALLATION ART

Options
unlimited
Interactive

gallery BASED
digital BASED
electronic
BASED
web BASED

Difference between
Sculpture
&
Installation

SCULPTURE: The art of making two- or threedimensional representative or abstract forms

INSTALLATION: Designed to be viewed from
the outside as a self-contained arrangement of
forms
Some installations
are custom-made
for a particular
space. Others such
as the still-life line
drawings
of
clustered objects
can be assembled
anywhere

The viewer enters a controlled

environment featuring objects as well as
light, sound and projected imagery. The
formalism of the composition remains of
secondary importance - it is the effect on
the spectator's spacial and cultural
expectations that remains paramount.

Famous Installation Artists

Joseph Beuys
Mario Merz
Michaelangelo Pistolette
Jannis kounellis
Gilberto Zorio
Rebecca Horn
Christian boltanski

HISTORY
Emerging during the 1970s, Installation is associated with
Conceptual art and can therefore be traced back to artists
such
as Marcel
Duchamp (1887-1968)
and
his
modernist ready mades such as his controversial urinal
called Fountain (1917).

Enveloping the spectator in the space