Public Art Public Controversy

Author : Harriet Senie
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781560987697

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Critical Issues in Public Art by Harriet Senie Pdf

In this groundbreaking anthology, twenty-two artists, architects, historians, critics, curators, and philosophers explore the role of public art in creating a national identity, contending that each work can only be understood by analyzing the context in which it is commissioned, built, and received. They emphasize the historical continuum between traditional works such as Mount Rushmore, the Washington Monument, and the New York Public Library lions, in addition to contemporary memorials such as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Names Project AIDS Quilt. They discuss the influence of patronage on form and content, isolate the factors that precipitate controversy, and show how public art overtly and covertly conveys civic values and national culture. Complete with an updated introduction, Critical Issues in Public Art shows how monuments, murals, memorials, and sculptures in public places are complex cultural achievements that must speak to increasingly diverse groups.

Author : Harriet Senie
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588344342

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Critical Issues in Public Art by Harriet Senie Pdf

In this groundbreaking anthology, twenty-two artists, architects, historians, critics, curators, and philosophers explore the role of public art in creating a national identity, contending that each work can only be understood by analyzing the context in which it is commissioned, built, and received. They emphasize the historical continuum between traditional works such as Mount Rushmore, the Washington Monument, and the New York Public Library lions, in addition to contemporary memorials such as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Names Project AIDS Quilt. They discuss the influence of patronage on form and content, isolate the factors that precipitate controversy, and show how public art overtly and covertly conveys civic values and national culture. Complete with an updated introduction, Critical Issues in Public Art shows how monuments, murals, memorials, and sculptures in public places are complex cultural achievements that must speak to increasingly diverse groups.

Author : Tom Finkelpearl
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0262561484

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Dialogues in Public Art by Tom Finkelpearl Pdf

Examining the changing attitudes toward the city as the site for public art.

Author : Sherrill Jordan
Publisher : Americans for the Arts Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015031204467

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Public Art, Public Controversy by Sherrill Jordan Pdf

Author : R. Howells,A. Ritivoi,J. Schachter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781137283542

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Outrage: Art, Controversy, and Society by R. Howells,A. Ritivoi,J. Schachter Pdf

A study of controversy in the arts, and the extent to which such controversies are socially rather than just aesthetically conditioned. The collection pays special attention to the vested interests and the social dynamics involved, including class, religion, culture, and - above all - power.

Author : Cameron Cartiere,Anthony Schrag
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000631425

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The Failures of Public Art and Participation by Cameron Cartiere,Anthony Schrag Pdf

This collection of original essays takes a multi-disciplinary approach to explore the theme of failure through the broad spectrum of public art and social practice. The anthology brings together practicing artists, curators, activists, art writers, administrators, planners, and educators from around the world to offer differing perspectives on the many facets of failure in commissioning, planning, producing, evaluating, and engaging communities in the continually evolving field of art in the public realm. As such, this book offers a survey of currently unexplored and interconnected thinking, and provides a much-needed critical voice to the commissioning of public and participatory arts. The volume includes case studies from the UK, the US, China, Cuba, and Denmark, as well as discussions of digital public art collections. The Failures of Public Art and Participation will be of interest for students and scholars of visual arts, design and architecture interested in how art in the public realm fits within social and political contexts.

Author : Harriet Senie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015029122960

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Contemporary Public Sculpture by Harriet Senie Pdf

In the twentieth century, public sculpture has changed almost beyond recognition. Works inspired by classical and Renaissance traditions - imposing equestrian monuments and triumphal arches - have been replaced by works such as Claes Oldenburg's Clothespin and Christo's Running Fence. This break from tradition has led to radically different approaches to public sculpture - but not without bitter controversy within both the art community and the general public. Contemporary Public Sculpture offers the first comprehensive look at this highly diverse and often controversial branch of modern art. Beginning with the revival of public sculpture in the 1960s, with the work of Picasso, Calder, Moore, Nevelson, and others, Senie traces the developments that defined a new civic art: one which substituted the artist's fame for public content and sparked debates about cost, the role of government, and the place of public art in a democratic society. She shows how the growing irrelevance of traditional memorials resulted in a new approach to the genre defined by Maya Lin's Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, which set out to "heal a nation" rather than glorify a military event by honoring victims rather than heroes; and how dissatisfaction with modern "glass box" architecture and its surrounding barren urban spaces led architectural firms like Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill to use art to enliven both. Senie discusses how the earthworks of Robert Smithson and others inspired public sculpture that brought various landscape elements into urban sites; and she explores works by George Sugarman and Scott Burton that combine sculpture and furniture, changing the very idea of public art by creating a stage for publiclife. Finally, she examines the controversies that arise when citizens (including the press and politicians) confront publicly funded work - such as Joel Shapiro's "Headless Gumby" or Serra's Tilted Arc - that defies their sense of what public sculpture should be. Illustrated with over one hundred halftones, this overview of contemporary public sculpture provides a clear understanding of why it is there, why it looks the way it does, and what is really at stake in the continuing public art controversy.

Author : Lynn Basa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781581159769

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The Artist's Guide to Public Art by Lynn Basa Pdf

Public art commissions--how to find them, how to get them. * First-hand advice from experienced public artists * Written by an artist for artists * Includes expert information on public art law Learn how to find, apply for, compete for, and win a public art commission. First-hand interviews with experienced public artists and arts administrators provide in-the-trenches advice and insight, and a chapter on public art law, written by Barbara Hoffman, the country's leading public art law attorney, answers questions about this complex area. Packed with details on working with contracts, conflict, controversy, communities, committees, and more, The Artist’s Guide to Public Art shows artists the way to cut through the red tape and win commissions that are rewarding both financially and artistically.

Author : Annie Gérin,James S. McLean
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781442697089

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Public Art in Canada by Annie Gérin,James S. McLean Pdf

Arguably, public art is experienced daily by more people than most offerings in galleries, yet our notion of what constitutes public art is surprisingly limited. Public Art in Canada broadens the critical discussion by exploring public art's varied means of engaging with public space and the public sphere. Annie Gérin and James S. McLean have assembled contributions from new and established Canadian scholars, curators, and artists. Each contributor enlivens our understanding of public art as a practice and its place in the social and aesthetic formation of which it is a part. As a result, the book provides an overview of the current debates in the field of public art that are informed by the theories and critical literature of art history, communication studies, cultural studies, sociology, and urban studies. The rigorous essays and original works of art collected in this volume present a compelling demonstration of the strategies, aesthetic and otherwise, used by artists to elicit intellectual, sensual, or emotional responses that can only be obtained through artistic practices in public places. Public Art in Canada is a major contribution to the study of Canadian art and culture.

Author : Cher Krause Knight
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444360615

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Public Art by Cher Krause Knight Pdf

This book takes a bold look at public art and its populist appeal, offering a more inclusive guide to America's creative tastes and shared culture. It examines the history of American public art – from FDR's New Deal to Christo's The Gates – and challenges preconceived notions of public art, expanding its definition to include a broader scope of works and concepts. Expands the definition of public art to include sites such as Boston's Big Dig, Las Vegas' Treasure Island, and Disney World Offers a refreshing alternative to the traditional rhetoric and criticism surrounding public art Includes insightful analysis of the museum and its role in relation to public art

Author : Alex Neill,Aaron Ridley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Aesthetics, Modern
ISBN : 0415237394

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Arguing about Art by Alex Neill,Aaron Ridley Pdf

Within this edition, five new sections have been added: on interpretation, objectivity, gardening, horror and morality and many of the introductions have been updated. The book should appeal to students of art history, literature, and cultural studies as well as philosophy.

Author : Anthony M. Orum,Zachary P. Neal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135257545

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Common Ground? by Anthony M. Orum,Zachary P. Neal Pdf

Public spaces have long been the focus of urban social activity, but investigations of how public space works often adopt only one of several possible perspectives, which restricts the questions that can be asked and the answers that can be considered. In this volume, Anthony Orum and Zachary Neal explore how public space can be a facilitator of civil order, a site for power and resistance, and a stage for art, theatre, and performance. They bring together these frequently unconnected models for understanding public space, collecting classic and contemporary readings that illustrate each, and synthesizing them in a series of original essays. Throughout, they offer questions to provoke discussion, and conclude with thoughts on how these models can be combined by future scholars of public space to yield more comprehensive understanding of how public space works.

Author : Florian Matzner
Publisher : Cantz
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 3775791485

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Public Art. Englische Ausgabe. by Florian Matzner Pdf

Few topics in the visual arts have created such controversy in recent years as the debate surrounding the significance and potential of public art. Public Art was published in a bilingual edition in 2001 and quickly sold out. In this new English edition of the handbook over sixty curators, art historians, and artists -- including Vito Acconci, Daniel Buren, Walter Grasskamp, Jenny Holzer, Ilya Kabakov, Florian Matzner, and Richard Serra -- take a critical look at this theme: the result is a fascinating compendium of opinions, statements, and reports. Book jacket.

Author : Geoffrey Joseph Wallis
Publisher : ISBS
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 1920787003

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Peril in the Square by Geoffrey Joseph Wallis Pdf

Peril in the Square follows the highs and lows of Vault, Ron Robertson-Swanns bright yellow abstract sculpture dubbed by its detractors as the Yellow Peril. Vault was the catalyst for the most furious debate over the rights and wrongs of art in public places ever witnessed in Australia. Richly illustrated with nearly 100 photographs, most of them in color, this book gives readers the full story of Melbournes best-known public art work, from its beginnings as a maquette that shocked the city council in the late 1970s, all the way to its present resurrection at Southbank.

Author : David Pankratz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993-10-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780313389023

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Multiculturalism and Public Arts Policy by David Pankratz Pdf

The idea of public support for the arts is being challenged. Multiculturalism has been proposed as a worthy and necessary goal of public arts policy; whether or not it should be is explored for the first time in this book. Issues of cultural pluralism, the relations of art and culture, justice and affirmative action, and artistic value are presented as essential points of debate in making decisions concerning public support of the arts. This book will be of interest to professionals and teachers in the arts, public policy, arts management, and education. Its focus on multiculturalism and its analysis of basic concepts related to timely issues of public arts policy make it a unique contribution.