Site Specific Installation Sculpture Name:______

The city has commissioned you to create an original sculpture for a site-specific location. Your sculpture will make a visual statement about an important issue (Historical, Social, Economical, Political) and must be created with a site- specific location in mind. It must also show clear evidence of influence from contemporary or past works of art.

You will first create 3 different conceptual sketches, which will be evaluated.

You will also submit a statement outlining the artistic influences in your sculpture and the sculpture techniques you used in creating it.

Laura Simon – World Hunger.

STEP ONE: READ the following handouts on What is Installation Art? and the 6 Critical Concepts of Installation Art and answer the following questions on the Installation Art handout.

STEP TWO: RESEARCH THE WORK OF OTHERS: Look at the attached What is Sculpture? and Notable Installation Artist handouts.

STEP THREE: DRAW: In your sketchbook 3 different conceptual sketches of an issue (Historical, Social, Economical, Political) you are interested in creating a site specific sculpture of.

• Consider the elements and principles of design. (Shape, Form, Texture, Balance etc….) What materials have I used and what do each represent/signify? • Consider the context of the work as well as the site-specific location. What is the significance of your chosen location for your installation work? • Your finished work must show clear evidence of influence from contemporary or past works of art.

STEP FOUR: CREATE: Follow your approved conceptual sketch and begin creating your work. WRITE your Artistic Statement Template to document your artistic process. The Dollar Store is an excellent place to acquire cheap mixed media. REVIEW: the sculpture techniques in this handout.

Don’t Plagiarize! Copyright applies to text and visual materials that are taken from both the internet and print sources. Plagiarism is defined as “using the work (or part of it) of another person and claiming it as your own.”

STEP FIVE: REFLECT: Answer the following questions using the elements and principles of design and complete your Artistic Statement Template for formal evaluation. 1. What part of your finished project did you find most successful and why? 2. What part of your finished project did you find least successful and why? 3. If you had to do this project, what part would you change or improve on and why?

What is Sculpture? Generally speaking sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping materials, commonly stone (either rock or marble), metal, plastic, or wood. Some sculptures are created directly by carving; others are assembled, built up and fired, welded, molded, or cast. Type Artist & Work Sculpture Techniques Abstract Sculpture Carving - Stone carving is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone.

Casting - is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solid casting is then ejected or broken out to complete the process.

Casting may be used to form hot liquid metals or Constantine Henry Moore – Sheep Piece, Henry Moore –The various materials that cold set after mixing of Brancusi – The bronze. Archer, bronze. components (such as epoxies, concrete, plaster Kiss, stone. and clay).

Futurist Sculpture Casting

Umberto Boccioni – Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, bronze.

Surreal Sculpture Assemblage - is an artistic process in which a Meret Alberto three-dimensional artistic composition is made Oppenheim – Giacometti – from putting together found objects. Object, Tall Figure Luncheon in Fur, fur & Casting ceramics.

Mobile Sculpture A mobile is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, Alexander Calder – Lobster from which weighted objects or further rods Trap, Fish Tail, wire. hang. The objects hanging from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or less horizontal.

Pop Art Sculpture Assemblage - is an artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made from putting together found/created objects. Claes Oldenburg – Shoestring Potatoes Falls From Bag, plaster, wire, fabric.

Assemblage Assemblage - is an artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made Sculpture from putting together found/created objects. Louis Nevelson – Royal Tide 1, gilded wood.

Installation Installation art - uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way a particular Sculpture Judy Chicago – Dinner Place Setting, space is experienced. Installation art is not mixed media. necessarily confined to gallery spaces and can be any material intervention in everyday public or private spaces.

Environmental Environmental sculpture - is variously defined, usually creates or alters the environment for Sculpture Christo – Running Fence, the viewer, as opposed to presenting itself Approximately 200,000 m² of nylon, figurally or monumentally before the viewer. A 2050 steel posts and 145 km of steel frequent trait of larger environmental cable. sculptures is that one can actually enter or

pass through the sculpture and be partially or completely surrounded by it. Photo Realistic Duane Assemblage - is an artistic process in which a Hanson – Duane Hanson – three-dimensional artistic composition is made Sculpture (Pop Art) Worker, Supermarket from putting together found/created objects. polyester Lady, polyester resin, resin, fiberglass, fiberglass, Bondo were Bondo were needed. needed.

Post Modern Mixed Media - Characteristics of postmodern art. 1. Subject matter that makes commentaries on Sculpture culture 2. A sense of social conscience 3. Skepticism concerning scientific and technological progress Mark Quinn – 4. Appropriation or recycling from other work Self, Damien Hurst – The Physical 5. Rejection of single interpretations of blood/stainless Impossibility of Death in The Nam Jun Paik – meaning steel, Perspex, Mind of Someone Living, More Logins, 6. Use of modern technology and media refrigeration Tiger shark, glass, steel, 5% Less Loggings, 7. Pluralistic viewpoints equipment. formaldehyde solution. T.V.s, wire.

K/U: What is Installation Art? Questions /26 Name:______

1. What are the seven different kinds of Installation Art? (7)

2. What are the two or more interrelated elements that make up Installation art? (2)

3. What are the fundamental aspects of Installation artwork? (3)

4. How does Installation “approach the very consciousness of art itself”? (1)

5. How is Installation really an activity (verb) pretending to be a thing (noun)? (1)

6. What are the six critical concept of Installation Art and explain each. (12)

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Artistic Statement Template Name:______Artwork Title:______

A) Influences from past and present works:

B) Sculpture techniques used in my work and how they support my intended visual message:

Site Specific Installation Sculpture Name:______

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The Creative Process: apply the creative process to create a variety of artworks, individually and/or collaboratively; A1.1 use various strategies, individually and/or collaboratively, with increasing skill to generate, explore, and elaborate on original ideas and to develop, reflect on, and revise detailed plans for the creation of art works that address a variety of creative challenges (e.g., extend their skills in using brainstorming, concept webs, mind maps, and/or groups discussions to formulate original and innovative ideas for an art work on a social or personal theme; use critical research skills to explore and elaborate on ideas; demonstrate fluency in formulating clear and detailed plans; demonstrate flexibility in revising their plans on the basis of reflection) A1.2 apply, with increasing fluency and flexibility, the appropriate stages of the creative process to produce two- and three-dimensional art works using a variety of traditional and contemporary media (e.g., extend their skills in working with a range of media; demonstrate flexibility in revising plans in response to problems encountered during other stages of the creative process; reflect on the effectiveness of preliminary versions of their work, and revise the work on the basis of reflection and self-assessment) A1.3 document their use of each stage of the creative process, and provide evidence of critical inquiry, in a portfolio that includes a range of art works created for a variety of purposes (e.g., ensure that their portfolio includes the following: evidence of critical inquiry associated with idea generation and elaboration; evidence of research on how different artists approach specific themes and/or use particular techniques that can be adapted in their own work; preliminary and final works to show evidence of thoughtful revision), and review and reflect on the contents of their portfolio to determine how effectively they have used the creative process A2. The Elements and Principles of Design: apply the elements and principles of design to create art works for the purpose of self-expression and to communicate ideas, information, and/or messages; A2.1 apply the elements and principles of design with increasing skill and creativity to produce two- and three-dimensional art works that express personal feelings and communicate specific emotions (e.g., extend their skills in combining various elements and principles to convey a sense of fear, happiness, hopefulness, despair) A2.2 apply the elements and principles of design as well as a wide range of art-making conventions with increasing skill and creativity to produce art works that comment and/or communicate a clear point of view on a variety of issues (e.g., extend their skills by manipulating elements and principles and using conventions in creative ways to produce an art work that conveys the point of view of a teenager living on the street or that comments on a current event or social issue) A3. Production and Presentation: produce art works, using a variety of media/materials and traditional and emerging technologies, tools, and techniques, and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of ways of presenting their works and the works of others. A3.1 use with increasing skill a wide variety of media, including alternative media, and current technologies to create two- and three-dimensional art works for a variety of purposes (e.g., extend their skills in the manipulation of a variety of media and technologies to create a sculpture for an outdoor space, a mixed-media work for display on the Internet, an installation evoking their cultural heritage) A3.2 use with increasing skill a wide variety of traditional and current materials, technologies, techniques, and tools to create original art works for a variety of purposes and audiences A3.3 demonstrate a understanding of the appropriate standards and conventions for presenting art works for a variety of purposes (e.g., as samples in a portfolio to be viewed by prospective employers or postsecondary educational institutions; as part of a year-end exhibit by the senior class; as part of a thematic display in a cultural centre; for inclusion in a virtual gallery), and apply these standards and conventions when preparing various types of visual art works for presentation B1. The Critical Analysis Process: demonstrate an understanding of the critical analysis process by examining, interpreting, evaluating, and reflecting on various art works; B1.1 demonstrate the ability to support their initial responses to a variety of art works with informed understanding of the works’ artistic form and function (e.g., describe their initial response to an art work, and explain in detail how specific aspects of the work’s content, formal qualities, and media inform that response) B1.2 deconstruct with increasing skill and insight the visual content and the use of elements and principles of design in their own art work and the work of others (e.g., extend their skills in identifying individual elements and principles and aspects of the visual content in an art work, interpreting their function, and analysing their effect; compare and contrast the use of shape, form, line, texture, space, and balance in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water and Moshe Safdie’s Habitat) B1.3 explain in detail, with reference to a variety of historical and contemporary art works (e.g., the social scenes painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder; Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace; works by Canadian war artists, such as Alex Colville’s Bodies in a Grave or Molly Lamb Bobak’s Private Roy, Canadian Women’s Army Corps), how knowledge of a work’s cultural and historical context, achieved through extensive research, has clarified and enriched their understanding and interpretation of a work’s intent and meaning B1.4 describe in detail and reflect on with increasing insight the qualities of their art works and the works of others, and evaluate the effectiveness of these works using a wide variety of criteria (e.g., provide an informed explanation of why a work of art is, or is not, successful with respect to its ability to communicate a message or emotion, its technical and aesthetic conventions, its form and stylistic qualities, its originality) B2. Art, Society, and Values: demonstrate an understanding of how art works reflect the societies in which they were created, and how they can affect both social and personal values; B2.1 analyse, on the basis of research, the function and social impact of different kinds of art works in both past and present societies (e.g., how art works function to decorate private and public space, to investigate and draw attention to themes and issues, to criticize political policy and social norms, to satirize public figures, to memorialize people and commemorate events, to preserve aspects of a people’s culture; how works of art can symbolize political, religious, social, or economic power; the power of art to help change personal and public positions on social and political ideas) B2.2 assess the impact of socio-economic, political, cultural, and/or spiritual factors on the production of art works (e.g., how artists are affected by oppression, persecution, censorship, or war, or by cultural, political, and/or religious beliefs; how access to locations, materials, technologies, and funding can affect the production of art works) C1. Terminology: demonstrate an understanding of, and use correct terminology when referring to, elements, principles, and other components related to visual arts; C1.1 extend their understanding of the elements and principles of design, and use terminology related to these elements and principles correctly and appropriately when creating or analysing a variety of art works (e.g., when analysing how artists’ manipulation of space, movement, form, and proportion affects meaning in an installation or an environmental work) C1.2 explain in detail terminology related to a wide variety of techniques, materials, and tools (e.g., techniques and materials associated with installation art; additive and subtractive techniques, digital manipulation, impasto, optical colour mixing, pointillism), and use this terminology correctly and appropriately when creating, analysing, and/or presenting art works C1.3 explain in detail the stages of the creative process and the critical analysis process, and explain, using appropriate terminology, how these processes contribute to the successful creation and analysis of art works C2. Conventions and Techniques: demonstrate an understanding of conventions and techniques used in the creation of visual art works; C2.1 extend their understanding of a wide variety of techniques that artists use to achieve a range of specific effects (e.g., techniques used to create a range of textures in an art work, to develop the connection and relationship between forms in a composition, to draw attention to specific parts of a work) C2.2 extend their understanding of the variety of conventions used in visual art (e.g., allegory, appropriation, juxtaposition, synectics; conventions associated with formalism, objective and non-objective abstraction, propaganda, realism, social commentary), and explain in detail how they are used in a variety of art works C3. Responsible Practices: demonstrate an understanding of responsible practices in visual arts. C3.2 demonstrate appropriate health and safety procedures and conscientious practices in the selection and use of various materials, techniques, tools, and technologies when producing or presenting art works (e.g., demonstrate safe practices when creating installations, assemblages, earthworks, constructions, multimedia projects; demonstrate appropriate protocols, deportment, and respect for others when working in a studio or visiting a presentation space)