Installation is arguably the most original, vigorous and fertile form of art today. This book sets out to describe the tradition and explore the achievements and ambitions of the installation artist. Michael Archer's introduction traces the history of installation art from Duchamp's first readymade through Pop tableaux to more recent developments such as Land Art and Process Art. This is followed by a global range of installations, presented and documented by Nicolas de Oliveira, Nicola Oxley and Michael Petry. The pieces are grouped into four sections, with more than 260 illustrations: site works from artists such as Christo, Richard Wilson, James Turrell and Hans Haacke; media works by Wolf Vostell, Meg Cranston, Joseph Kosuth, Nam June Paik and others; the museum works of Barbara Bloom, Mike Kelley, Cary Leibovitz, Ange Leccia and their peers; and architectural works by practitioners including Rachel Whiteread, Daniel Buren, Mario Merz and Vong Phaophanit.

Installation Art

PETRY, MICHAEL

De Oliveira, Nicolas

Oxley, Nicola

Archer, Michael

Thames and Hudson Ltd.

Over the past decade Installation art has achieved mainstream status within contemporary visual culture. Its ubiquitous presence has given rise to new terms that redefine the art form and impact not just on art, but also on international fashion shows, movie design, and club culture. The phenomenon of Installation was covered for the first time in the critically acclaimed 1994 book Installation Art by the same authors. This new volume surveys how Installation has evolved, embracing often unexpected media, and its far-reaching influence worldwide. The new "immersive" Installation reflects a desire for sensual pleasure, as the viewer is totally enveloped in a hermetic and narcissistic artwork, as illustrated by the American artist Doug Aitken and the Japanese artist Kazuo Katase, among others. New dynamics have developed between the artist and institutions, and installation is more than ever an open-ended experiment that transforms the museum into a cultural laboratory, as seen in the work of Hans Haacke. Installation refuses to accept fixed boundaries, and practitioners, such as the Mexican Jose Davila, are now looking to forge relationships on a global level, collaborating with specialists in other non-art areas. In a rapidly changing world, time and memory become key concerns, and artists such as Christian Boltanksi and Damien Hirst prefer to construct their own spaces of memory. The culmination of these processes has made the audience itself the key site of the installation as witnessed in the works of Vanessa Beecroft, Gary Hill, Mariko Mori, and Bill Viola. This astonishing process returns us to the body, to the spectator, a space that is both sentient and active, the "Empire of the Senses." Introduced by Jonathan Crary, Professor of Art History, Columbia University, the book is completed by a chronology, details on the works included in the book, further reading, and an index. 318 illustrations, 269 in color .

Installation Art in the New Millennium

Arts & Photography

Oliveira, Nicolas

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

Offers an overview of the history of installation art, and looks at some of its artists, including Yves Klein, Kurt Schwitters, and Marcel Duchamp

Smithsonian Institution Press

The term "installation" defining site-specific sculpture has in recent years established itself firmly as part of the vocabulary of contemporary visual arts. This issue of "Art & Design" demonstrates the variety of approaches undertaking by artists working in this medium. Installation is an art which grew out of the individual narratives presented by architecture, painting, sculpture, theatre and performance. Central to most installation art is a notion of space as a visible material with properties such as wood or stone. "Installation Art" contains a large presentation of hitherto unpublished work by Arakawa and Madeline Gins, together with essays by Jean-Francois Lyotard, Thierry de Duve, the Museum of Installation, London and Corinne Diserens on Gordon Matta-Clarke. There are also statements and works by Joseph Kosuth, Richard Artschwager, James Turell, Cady Noland, Judith Barry, Lothar Baumgarten, Dan Graham, Donald Judd, Andrew Sabin and Anya Gallaccio.

Installation Art (Art and Design Profiles)

BENJAMIN, Andrew

St Martins Pr

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