Site-specific art – 274 inspiring examples

Doris Salcedo’s impressive chair installation – What you should know

Doris Salcedo is a Colombian artist, born in 1958 in Bogota. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1980 at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University then traveled to New York for a Master of Fine Arts degree. Later she returned to her hometown of Bogota to teach at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Chairs Chairs [...]

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Olafur Eliasson’s Ice Watch was slowly disappearing

Environmental art, Installations 5 min read

You probably know Olafur Eliasson, the Danish-Icelandic artist. Some of his exceptional artworks focus on climate and environmental changes. In 2003, he installed The Weather Project, which remains one of Tate Modern’s popular installations. He is also known for his freestanding waterfall in Versailles, his installation in which he installed a riverbed in a museum [...]

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What is Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower all about?

Architecture, Installations, Light installations 5 min read

The Imagine Peace Tower is a memorial crafted by Japanese-American artist and musician Yoko Ono. She created this in tribute for her deceased husband and legendary member of The Beatles, John Lennon. The Imagine Peace Tower is Yoko’s largest work of art to date. It took her three years to develop it alongside her engineers. [...]

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Architecture Studio Ensamble & their weird & impressive sculptures

Architecture, Sculptures 3 min read

Ensamble Studio, an architect studio, persisted in finding a balance between architecture, art, local fauna, and the ranching activity in the area. The architects behind Ensamble Studio resorted to natural elements to shape the site-specific architecture in alignment with nature. They worked with the existing material at the art center, from rocks to earth. And [...]

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That time when Maurizio Cattelan posed as Picasso

Performances 2 min read

Maurizio Cattelan’s works have earned him a reputation as a provocateur and a prankster. He also created some of the most memorable pieces in contemporary art. Cattelan’s art covers a range of subjects, from culture to history and religion. His sculptures arouse humor and controversy by criticizing societal evils, abuse of power, and authority. At [...]

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Why were there seesaws at the border?

Installations 5 min read

The US-Mexico border wall has become a battleground for political theater, but also various artistic interventions. One of these outstanding artworks is the pink seesaws. They went viral after they were installed by the two creative architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello. Between the erect giant steel posts of the border fence lie small [...]

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Jean Dubuffet’s Villa Falbala – His largest sculpture

Murals, Sculptures 3 min read

Sculptor and painter Jean Dubuffet had his art styles that shunned classic aesthetics for what he perceived as original and idealistic. Despite his radical approach to art, the renowned sculptor left many artworks that mark his career as incredible. Closerie Falbala At the top of his artworks was the Closerie Falbala, which, up to date [...]

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Antony Gormley’s field sculptures – Everything you need to know

Sculptures 7 min read

British artist Antony Gormley is well known for his life-size statues which mimic the human body. His Field series, however, represents a different approach. Each work consisted of a couple of ten thousands of small soil figures to up to 210,000 used in his latest piece of the series, Asian Field, 2003. Each of them [...]

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Ugo Rondinone’s Clockwork for Oracles – 52 windows

Installations 3 min read

Ugo Rondinone is one of the biggest names of the 21st Century in the art world. He is renowned for many spectacular creations. The Clockwork for Oracles, which he created in 2008, is one such artwork. It is remarkable despite the seeming simplicity. Moreover, it demonstrates the fact that Rondinone is capable of shifting between [...]

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Chiharu Shiota - A Room of Memory, 2009, old wooden windows, group exhibition Hundred Stories about Love, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan feat

One of Chiharu Shiota’s best works – Room of Memory

Installations, Mixed media 3 min read

From using thousands of keys to web threads to suspending a bunch of suitcases, Chiharu Shiota’s works always inspire. Among her best artworks is A Room of Memory, which is famous for its Berlin Wall aesthetics. A Room of Memory All her artworks focus on expressing memories and experiences from past events. And A Room [...]

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Le Corbusier’s most famous house drowned

Architecture, Sculptures 2 min read

Globally, flooding seems to be growing more intense each year. At any given moment, you will always come across people who are forced to relocate because of flooding. That’s just the way modern life is. According to scientists, humans have invaded the paths that water has always flown along. As this happens, coupled with the [...]

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Edoardo Tresoldi’s wire mesh Coachella sculpture

Architecture, Sculptures 4 min read

In recent years, Edoardo Tresoldi has made a name on the artistic stage by creating near-transparent sculptures made from wire mesh. His works take the form of humans, animals, and buildings. These sculptures are placed in public spaces in music and art festivals, group showings and public events. He has designed impressive installations placed in [...]

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A giant fog installation – By Serendipity Studio

Architecture, Installations 3 min read

Usually, you would not need much encouragement to visit the Taipei Fine Art Museum in Taiwan. The museum hosts several top exhibitions that receive tons of visitors from all over the world. Just outside the museum stands a grand summer pavilion that displays one of the most beautiful attractions – Mist Encounter. If you’re ever [...]

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Magdalena Jetelovà’s Iceland Project

Environmental art, Installations, Light installations 2 min read

Magdalena Jetelovà is perhaps best known the world over for her 1990s work Domestication of Pyramids. Light works In the 1990s, Magdalena Jetelovà transitioned to the artwork that uses light as a tool to define territories and uncover the secrets that our universe conceals. With a combination of laser use and black & white photography [...]

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Junya Ishigami’s Art Biotop Water Garden – Is this architecture?

Architecture, Installations, Japanese architecture 5 min read

Junya Ishigami is a Japanese architect. He was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1974. In 2000, he obtained a master’s degree in architecture and planning at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He had a short stint working at Kazuyo Sejima between 2000 and 2004 at SANAA. Accomplishments Right after leaving SANAA, he [...]

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Diller Scofidio’s Blur Building – A massive fog machine

Architecture 3 min read

Vaporization and nothingness are likely to be the two words that emerge in your mind when you look at The Blur Building. The architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio built it specifically for the 2002 Swiss Expo, which took place in Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland. The temporary media pavilion became an artwork that attracted tons of visitors. [...]

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Chris Burden’s Samson tries to destroy a museum from within

Sculptures 3 min read

What do you think would happen if you connect a 100-ton jack to a turnstile and gearbox? In case you feel confused with all that, then you’re probably unfamiliar with Chris Burden’s Samson. Burden (1946-2015) has managed to employ different items to create a stunning piece of artwork. Apart from the items above, the rest [...]

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The best of James Turrell’s Ganzfelds

Installations, Light installations 3 min read

With an art career that began in the 1960s, James Turrell is a common name in art circles for his extensive works. He has an obvious fascination with light that is projected in the way he materialized the concept of light. The general style of Turrell is a combination of two grand ideas; even non-traditional [...]

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