Temporary art and public place
Subtitle: comparing Berlin with Los Angeles
By: John S. Powers.
Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XXVIII, Kunstgeschichte; Europäische Hochschulschriften -- Bd. 433.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9783631564301
Subjects: Site-specific art -- Germany -- Berlin; Site-specific art -- California -- Los Angeles; Public art -- Germany -- Berlin; Public art -- California -- Los Angeles; Space and time in art; Art and society -- Germany -- Berlin; Art and society -- California -- Los Angeles
Description: "This study focuses on the production and reception of sculpture and installation artworks temporarily realized in public places in Berlin and Los Angeles between 1986 and 2003. "Place Art", including art works produced as a result of artist-generated public place investigations, is emphasized. A methodic-analytical art-place-space system is set up in terms of physical, sensory, historical, social, political and aesthetic frameworks to examine selected artworks in specific and comparative space-time realities. A model for artistic production, reception, discourse and intercultural understanding is developed."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-261) and index.