Art Outside

American Transitions

from Rural to Urban Life

Webinar #3 | July 28th, 2011

Constructed Environments

• Neighborhoods• Parks• Buildings• Cities• Houses• Shopping Centers

and Malls• Amusement Parks

• Schools• College Campuses• Factories• Offices• Streets and Highways• Restaurants• Museums• Historic Sites

Ohio’s constructed environments…

• Name an Ohio construction (building, monument, neighborhood…).

• Are these constructions meant to be aesthetically pleasing? Functional? Both?

• Think about your constructed environments: home, your neighborhood, where you work, where you shop, where you like to visit.

• Are these constructions meant to be aesthetically pleasing? Functional? Both?

• Are there layers to these environments?

Picturing America Constructed Environments

• Architecture– 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas,

communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect

– 2. the character or style of building: the architecture of Paris; Gothic architecture, Modern architecture, Classical architecture, Art Deco architecture

Picturing America ArchitectureState Capitol Building, Columbus, Ohio, 1838-1862, Thomas Cole, et. al.

Picturing America ArchitectureThe Chrysler Building, 1926-1930, William Van Alen

Picturing America ArchitectureFalling Water, 1935-1939, Frank Lloyd Wright

Picturing America Constructed Environments

• Monument– something erected in memory of a person, event, etc.,

as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.

– Commemorative; historical; artistic; celebratory

Picturing America MonumentBenjamin Franklin, 1862, Hiram Powers

Picturing America MonumentRobert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regimental Memorial, 1884-1897, Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Beyond Architecture and Monuments

• What are other ways artists comment on, alter, or create constructed environments?

Ecology | Environment | Vandalism• How do these artists reference history?• How do these artists reference other

aspects of social studies?

Art or Ecology?Andrea Zittel

A-Z Mobile Compartment Units Indianapolis IslandA-Z Pocket Properties

Art or Ecology?Andrea Zittel

A-Z Otttoman FurnitureRaugh DeskA-Z Single Strand UniformA-Z Pit Bed

Art or Ecology?

• Mel Chin, Revival Field

• Alexis Rockman,The Farm

• Andy Goldsworthy, Large fallen oak tree…

• Francis Whitehead, Co-generation Systems at SYC

Art or Environment? Maya Lin

The Wave Field, 1995Eleven Minute Line, 2004Storm King Wave Field, 2009

Art or Environment?Maya Lin

Langston Hughes Library, 1999The Civil Rights Memorial, 1989Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982

Art or Environment?

• Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty

• Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels

• Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The Gates

• Richard Serra, Twain

Art or Vandalism?Shepard Fairey

Art or Vandalism?Shepard Fairey

Murals in CincinnatiObama 2008 Campaign Poster

Art or Vandalism?

• Keith Haring (Drawing on black subway placard)

• Barry McGee, Untitled (drawings)

• Banksy, Untitled

• Lady Pink, Untitled

Essential Information

• Standards and Artists’ Websites • Extensions

– Altered Environments– Designing a Monument– School Architecture: Referencing History– School Architecture: Sustainability– Classroom Debate Vandalism or Art