AP Art History Study (Chunk 2, Installation)

Artist

Material

Title

Culture

Purpose/Representation

Auguste Rodin

Bronze

The Burghers of Calais

French

Six citizens offered their lives to King Edward III to save their city from a devastating siege (memorial)

Artist

Material

Title

Culture

Purpose/Representation

Maya Lin

Black Granite

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Washington D.C.

Memorial and monument for those who fought in Vietnam war

Artist

Material

Title

Culture

Purpose/Representation

Claes Oldenburg

Steel and Aluminium

Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks

U.S. On Yale’s Campus

Used to criticize hyper-masculine rhetoric of military in protest of the Vietnam war

Artist

Material

Title

Culture

Purpose/Representation

Yayoi Kusama

Mirrored balls

Narcissus Garden

Exhibited in Venic Biennale

The balls were sold $2 a piece as a commentary on vanity and commercialism of the art world

Artist

Material

Title

Culture

Purpose/Representation

Robert Smithson

Mud, salts, rocks, water coil

Spiral Jetty

Great Salt Lake, Utah

Meant to illustrate the constant changes that occur in life and nature

Artist

Material

Title

Culture

Purpose/Representation

Christo and Jean-Claude

Hanging cloths and metal frames

The Gates

New York City, USA

Wealthy and pretentious snobs

Artist

Material

Title

Culture

Purpose/Representation

Pepon Osorio

Various paraphernalia, video screens of men crying or children getting haircuts, and several photographs of masculine people

En la Barberia no se Llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop)

Puerto Rico (actual installation was in New York)

Meant to criticize and challenge the idea of machismo (a latino conception of masculinity) and re-define identity in both feminine and masculine imagery

What Is Site Art (Earth Art)?

Art that uses the Earth as a medium for expression. Often temporary and uses its location to create meaning. If removed from its location, it loses its meaning.

What is Happenings art?

A type of event-based performance art characterized by their often improvisational, multi-sensory, and participatory nature (regardless of location).

What is the meaning of snakes in pre-colonial culture?

What is the Eleven Minute Line and who made it?

Symbolized transformation, rebirth, immortality, fertility, and divinity.

Eleven Minute Line is inspired by Native American serpent mound, a burial ground earthwork that resembles a snake, made by Maya Lin in Sweden. It symbolizes the 2D vs 3D viewing of work. Example of Site Art.