ARTH 563(F) Installation Works in Twentieth-Century Art

From the Caves of Lascaux, through the Renaissance and Baroque periods, to the present, artists have often made groups of artworks ("installations") for particular spaces. Broadly speaking, there are three types of installations: (1) where the works simply fill the intended space, without making specific reference to that situation; (2) where the works are planned to precisely accord with the physical aspects of the locales; (3) where the works together determine the sensations of a space, in effect, becoming architecture. The installation phenomenon is particularly evident in the twentieth-century; though never a movement, it has become like a medium, applied by a great variety of individuals. In the seminar, the overriding concepts that apply to this manner of work will be considered, as well as artists such as Ivan Puni, Theo van Doesburg, Henri Matisse, Salvador Dali, Mark Rothko, Daniel Buren, Robert Irwin, Maria Nordman, Jonathan Borofsky, and Ann Hamilton. Evaluation will be based on research papers, oral presentations, and class participation.

Hour: ROSENTHAL