Site-specific art
Overview
Site-specific art is artwork
created to exist in a certain place. Typically, the artist takes the location into account while planning and creating the artwork. The actual term was promoted and refined by Californian artist Robert Irwin
, but it was actually first used in the mid-1970s by young sculptors, such as Patricia Johanson
, Dennis Oppenheim, and Athena Tacha
, who had started executing public commissions for large urban sites (see Peter Frank, “Site Sculpture”, Art News, Oct.
Work of art
A work of art, artwork, art piece, or art object is an aesthetic item or artistic creation.The term "a work of art" can apply to:*an example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture*a fine work of architecture or landscape design...
created to exist in a certain place. Typically, the artist takes the location into account while planning and creating the artwork. The actual term was promoted and refined by Californian artist Robert Irwin
Robert Irwin (artist)
Robert Irwin is an American Installation artist. He lives and works in San Diego, California.-Beginnings:Robert Irwin was born in 1928 in Long Beach, California to Robert Irwin and Goldie Anderberg Irwin...
, but it was actually first used in the mid-1970s by young sculptors, such as Patricia Johanson
Patricia Johanson
Patricia Johanson Patricia Johanson is known for her large-scale art projects that create aesthetic and practical habitats for humans and wildlife...
, Dennis Oppenheim, and Athena Tacha
Athena Tacha
Athena Tacha , is best known in the fields of environmental public sculpture and conceptual art, but has also worked extensively in photography, film and artists’ books...
, who had started executing public commissions for large urban sites (see Peter Frank, “Site Sculpture”, Art News, Oct.
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