Category Archives: Art Practices

RELATED TERMS: Environments – Art; Happenings; Immersion; Ocular-Centrism; Sculpture The term installation is usually applied to arrangements of materials and/or media in interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called land art. However, the boundaries between these categories are fluid, as Rosalind Krauss (1979) discusses. Installation artworks have been constructed in exhibition spaces such asContinue reading “Installation Art”

RELATED TERMS: Installation Art; Happenings In an art practice context, environments are mixed-media constructions or assemblages usually designed for a specific place and for a temporary period of time. It is an alternative term for installation art. The term was first used by artist Allan Kaprow in 1958 to describe his own large-scale artworks whichContinue reading “Environments – Art”