Earth Art Smithson, Spiral Jetty , Great Salt Lake, Utah Used black rocks and earth from the site to create a coil 1500 feet long and 15 feet wide Stretches counterclockwise into the lake Dump trucks, a tractor, and front loaders used View of object changes depending on vantage point Viewer walks on a broad, flat avenue into the lake Desolate area of Great Salt Lake

Smithson, Spiral Jetty , Great Salt Lake, Utah

Used black rocks and earth from the site to create a coil 1500 feet long and 15 feet wide

Stretches counterclockwise into the lake

Dump trucks, a tractor, and front loaders used

View of object changes depending on vantage point

Viewer walks on a broad, flat avenue into the lake

Desolate area of Great Salt Lake

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Surrounded Islands, Miami Floating material suspended over water surface around 11 islands near Miami Bright pink material in contrast with the cool greens and blues of the water and the island Temporary works extensively photographed and documented 6.5 million square feet of pink woven polypropylene fabric covering the surface of the water, floating and extending out 200 feet from each island into the bay 1983

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Surrounded Islands, Miami

Floating material suspended over water surface around 11 islands near Miami

Bright pink material in contrast with the cool greens and blues of the water and the island

Temporary works extensively photographed and documented

6.5 million square feet of pink woven polypropylene fabric covering the surface of the water, floating and extending out 200 feet from each island into the bay

Earth Art Serra, Tilted Arc 12’ high and 120’ long Tilted and curved steel arc bisecting a plaza before a government building Erected 1981, but many claimed it inhibited access to the building Removed in 1989 Serra claimed it was built with this site in mind and to move it would be to destroy it Meant work to be noticed, even intrusive, but also to match the environment http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/visualarts/tiltedarc_a.html

Serra, Tilted Arc

12’ high and 120’ long

Tilted and curved steel arc bisecting a plaza before a government building

Erected 1981, but many claimed it inhibited access to the building

Removed in 1989

Serra claimed it was built with this site in mind and to move it would be to destroy it

Meant work to be noticed, even intrusive, but also to match the environment

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/visualarts/tiltedarc_a.html

Serra, Tilted Arc 12’ high and 120’ long Tilted and curved steel arc bisecting a plaza before a government building Erected 1981, but many claimed it inhibited access to the building Removed in 1989 Serra claimed it was built with this site in mind and to move it would be to destroy it Meant work to be noticed, even intrusive, but also to match the environment

Serra, Tilted Arc

12’ high and 120’ long

Tilted and curved steel arc bisecting a plaza before a government building

Erected 1981, but many claimed it inhibited access to the building

Removed in 1989

Serra claimed it was built with this site in mind and to move it would be to destroy it

Meant work to be noticed, even intrusive, but also to match the environment

Modern Architecture Utzon, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Extremely difficult site in the middle of Sydney harbor surrounded by water on three sides, with only one access road Actually three buildings, the Opera House is the second building; the others are the larger concert hall and the restaurant Independently woven cone shapes imitate soaring sails of boats in harbor Buildings set on large flat platform Each arch is held down at base and fans upwards Spaces between arches filled with glass to provide insulation Theaters in reverse: the back of the stage faces land, the front faces the harbor: people enjoy the harbor during intermission

Utzon, Sydney Opera House, Sydney

Extremely difficult site in the middle of Sydney harbor surrounded by water on three sides, with only one access road

Actually three buildings, the Opera House is the second building; the others are the larger concert hall and the restaurant

Independently woven cone shapes imitate soaring sails of boats in harbor

Buildings set on large flat platform

Each arch is held down at base and fans upwards

Spaces between arches filled with glass to provide insulation

Theaters in reverse: the back of the stage faces land, the front faces the harbor: people enjoy the harbor during intermission

Modern Architecture Eero Saarinen, Trans World Airlines Terminal, Queens, New York (1956 – 63) Acts as a transition to the act of flying Building seems to be a giant bird about to land Sweeping use of concrete with big curving lines on interior and exterior Large windows contribute to feeling of light and airiness Y-shaped piers sustain building Sculptural sense in the creation of the work

Eero Saarinen, Trans World Airlines Terminal, Queens, New York (1956 – 63)

Acts as a transition to the act of flying

Building seems to be a giant bird about to land

Sweeping use of concrete with big curving lines on interior and exterior

Large windows contribute to feeling of light and airiness

Y-shaped piers sustain building

Sculptural sense in the creation of the work

Modern Architecture Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building, New York “ Less is more” International Style Tall lines push upward accentuating verticality Building set back on the plaza with symmetrical piers Opaque windows set behind vertical lines in a warm, amber tone Flanking fountains and pools are also strictly geometric in design

Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building, New York

“ Less is more”

International Style

Tall lines push upward accentuating verticality

Building set back on the plaza with symmetrical piers

Opaque windows set behind vertical lines in a warm, amber tone

Flanking fountains and pools are also strictly geometric in design

Modern Architecture Rogers and Piano, Pompidou Center, Paris 1972 - 76 Natural extension of Bauhaus formula of skeletal construction Only the skeleton is seen, walls recessed Functions of building are color-coded: red for elevators and escalators, yellow for electric service, blue for air conditioning and ventilation and green for water service

Rogers and Piano, Pompidou Center, Paris

1972 - 76

Natural extension of Bauhaus formula of skeletal construction

Only the skeleton is seen, walls recessed

Functions of building are color-coded: red for elevators and escalators, yellow for electric service, blue for air conditioning and ventilation and green for water service

Modern Architecture Frank Gehry, Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain Twisting, soaring metallic forms Overlapping arcs sweep across the façade Curving elements define space Round spaces have swirling effect on the interior Shows effect of using a computer on constructing buildings

Frank Gehry, Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain

Twisting, soaring metallic forms

Overlapping arcs sweep across the façade

Curving elements define space

Round spaces have swirling effect on the interior

Shows effect of using a computer on constructing buildings

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao , by Frank Gehry , at Bilbao, Spain, 1997.

Feminism Feminism is one aspect of the 1970s feminist movement that took center stage in American life Judy Chicago, Dinner Party Installation celebrating the achievements of famous women Triangular table where dinner is prepared for 39 women in 3 groups of 13 Each has a table setting with a cup, flatware and a uniquely designed plate which illustrates the guest’s achievements Installation raised on a platform containing 999 other names Vaginal elements strongly expressed

Feminism is one aspect of the 1970s feminist movement that took center stage in American life

Judy Chicago, Dinner Party

Installation celebrating the achievements of famous women

Triangular table where dinner is prepared for 39 women in 3 groups of 13

Each has a table setting with a cup, flatware and a uniquely designed plate which illustrates the guest’s achievements

Installation raised on a platform containing 999 other names

Vaginal elements strongly expressed

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35 Poses herself in 69 scenes of black and white prints Seeks to understand the male fascination with the female form as seen in the movies and in popular culture in general Since Sherman's characters in the Untitled Film Stills are not specified, the viewer is free to construct his or her own narratives for these women Sherman encourages our participation by suggesting, through the deliberate nature of her poses, that she is the object of someone's gaze Film stills are not isolated frames from movies but rather reenactments that are used to advertise a film

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35

Poses herself in 69 scenes of black and white prints

Seeks to understand the male fascination with the female form as seen in the movies and in popular culture in general

Since Sherman's characters in the Untitled Film Stills are not specified, the viewer is free to construct his or her own narratives for these women

Sherman encourages our participation by suggesting, through the deliberate nature of her poses, that she is the object of someone's gaze

Film stills are not isolated frames from movies but rather reenactments that are used to advertise a film

Feminism Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face) 1981 - 83 Ready-made photograph Female bust of a classical face Words run vertically down left hand side in alternating black and white boxes Print is black on white shadowed boxes alternating with white print on black boxes Criticism of portrayal of women in print media

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face) 1981 - 83

Ready-made photograph

Female bust of a classical face

Words run vertically down left hand side in alternating black and white boxes

Print is black on white shadowed boxes alternating with white print on black boxes

Criticism of portrayal of women in print media

Postmodernism Robert Arneson, California Artist Self-portrait in a ceramic sculpture Artist enshrined on a mock-pedestal, answering back critics of his work Pedestal overgrown with weeds, flaked plaster reveals simulated marble base that is really a covering for common brick Smart, smug, hip artist knowingly confronts his critics Stereotype of a Californian: pedestal has the artist’s signature bricks, a marijuana plant, an empty wine bottle, a drawing of a Buddha and an etched graffito "No Nukes" Depicting himself as a typical California hippie, Arneson is dressed in a denim jacket with no shirt, arms crossed defiantly in front of him, wearing dark glasses.

Robert Arneson, California Artist

Self-portrait in a ceramic sculpture

Artist enshrined on a mock-pedestal, answering back critics of his work

Pedestal overgrown with weeds, flaked plaster reveals simulated marble base that is really a covering for common brick

Smart, smug, hip artist knowingly confronts his critics

Stereotype of a Californian: pedestal has the artist’s signature bricks, a marijuana plant, an empty wine bottle, a drawing of a Buddha and an etched graffito "No Nukes"

Depicting himself as a typical California hippie, Arneson is dressed in a denim jacket with no shirt, arms crossed defiantly in front of him, wearing dark glasses.

Jeff Koons, Pink Panther, 1988 Porcelain figure that glorifies mass culture Influence of Pop Art Koons advocates materialism and sexual bliss Part of the Banality series which consists of gigantic tchotchkes executed in polychromed wood and porcelain of which Pink Panther is a prime example Mating of actress Jayne Mansfield and a cartoon character in Pink Panther is an ironic statement of heterosexual pleasure and celebrity romance The passing and the ephemeral have no place in Koons’ art, so he makes indestructible totems to things that never lived and so cannot perish

Jeff Koons, Pink Panther, 1988

Porcelain figure that glorifies mass culture

Influence of Pop Art

Koons advocates materialism and sexual bliss

Part of the Banality series which consists of gigantic tchotchkes executed in polychromed wood and porcelain of which Pink Panther is a prime example

Mating of actress Jayne Mansfield and a cartoon character in Pink Panther is an ironic statement of heterosexual pleasure and celebrity romance

The passing and the ephemeral have no place in Koons’ art, so he makes indestructible totems to things that never lived and so cannot perish

Guerrilla Girls, The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist Anonymous artists who seek to promote women’s issues in art Satiric listing of “advantages” Challenges political, social and institutional biases against women

Guerrilla Girls, The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist

Anonymous artists who seek to promote women’s issues in art

Satiric listing of “advantages”

Challenges political, social and institutional biases against women

Video Art Nam June Paik, Video Still from Global Groove Video art Broadcast in 1974 on television in New York Paik’s multifaceted Global Groove became one of the most influential and legendary examples of video art Global Groove integrates and unites diverse elements — films and videotapes by other artists, interviews and voiceovers (including appearances by Allen Ginsberg and John Cage), pop music (such as “Devil with a Blue Dress On” by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels), appropriated commercials and broadcast fragments — in a series of short segments driven by a rapid, energetic pace and comprehensive image processing http://wiki.media-culture.org.au/index.php/Global_groove

Nam June Paik, Video Still from Global Groove

Video art

Broadcast in 1974 on television in New York

Paik’s multifaceted Global Groove became one of the most influential and legendary examples of video art

Global Groove integrates and unites diverse elements — films and videotapes by other artists, interviews and voiceovers (including appearances by Allen Ginsberg and John Cage), pop music (such as “Devil with a Blue Dress On” by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels), appropriated commercials and broadcast fragments — in a series of short segments driven by a rapid, energetic pace and comprehensive image processing

http://wiki.media-culture.org.au/index.php/Global_groove