Styles & Movements

Installation art

Installation works are created temporarily for a particular space or site either outdoors or indoors in a museum, gallery, or appropriate site. The installation can contain a variety of media, dimensions, and forms. Installations only exist as long as they are installed, but they can be recreated in different sites. The works are perceived "in time" as they cannot be looked at like traditional art objects, but are experienced in time and space, and are interactive with the viewer. Although installations have as long a history as modern art, with pioneering works by Marcel Duchamp, Kurt Schwitters, and other Futurist, Dada, and Surrealist artists, many younger artists have turned to this form since 1980. Prominent artists who have created installations include Vito Acconci, Jonathan Borofsky, Barbara Bloom, Anne Hamilton, Jenny Holzer, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, and Judy Pfaff.