A. What is installation art?

Installation art is any kind of art that is taken out of it's element. It takes over a space. 

B. What materials are used installation art?

Anything can be used in installation art. 

C. Why make installation art?  

To express an idea or a concept that is bigger than a canvas. 

D. Which artist/installation did I find most interesting?

I found the piece about the windows the most interesting. Where the artist took the windows from the outside of a museum and brought them inside.

A. From the material reviewed, is there a inspiration piece that I feel a connection with?

I felt a connection with the piece with the oil and the windows. I felt that it was a comment on civilization and it was very interesting that it was all up ti interpretation.

B. What theme do I want to explore in my installation? Refer to your textbook if you need to review Themes of Art. (chapter 3 in text)

(Nature, Environment, Self, Mass Media, Consumerism, etc.)

I wanted to explore a combination of nature, consumerism and self. 

C. What materials will I use?

The materials that I used were socks, clothespins, a clothes line and a garden gnome.

D. Where will this installation be located and why?

The installation was located in my backyard because I had all access to it, and I would not be restricted by any rules (such as if it was in a public place).

The Title of my piece is : The Sock Gnome

It was created this week by myself.

It is basically just socks hanging on a clothes line with a gnome standing under it. The idea behind it was that sometimes socks just disappear and where do they go? My idea was that there was a sock gnome who took only one part of a pair of socks. So on my clothes line there were no pairs only single socks. 

I liked the lines of the clothes line and I tried to create some asymmetry by hanging socks at differing heights. I did this to create visual interest in the piece. I also used things that were different shapes and sizes to create a dynamic piece. 

 

I had a really great time installing this piece. I like that it was not confined to a piece of paper, and we had unlimited space to create art. The process was fun and fairly simple once I came up with an idea.