Environment Art
Refers to art which involves the creation or
manipulation of a large or enclosed space, many effectively surrounding
its audience. Architectural
(including landscape
architectural) design
might be said to qualify as environment art, although the term usually
refers to artworks which do not function as either of these kinds of
environmental design typically do. Several artists, many associated with
American Pop art-- like Edward Kienholz (American, 1927-) and Lucas
Samaras (Greek-American, 1936-)-- created tableaus in the 1960s and 1970s
which were called environments. Many earth art works
would qualify as environment art too.
Representative artists:
Edward Kienholz, Lucas
Samaras, Walter De Maria, Gordon Matta-Clark