Zurbrugg, Nicholas. “Installation Art – Essence and Existence”. In What is Installation Art? An Anthology of writings on Australian Installation art, edited by Adam Geczy and Benjamin Genocchio, 25-31. Sydney: Power Publications, 2001.
In this chapter, Zurbrugg starts by explaining what Installation Art is, and that is something that is to be installed, employs time in some form, and utilizes a ‘three-dimensional space’. Zurbrugg expresses that the installation extends itself beyond the restricted parameters of traditional art making such as painting because there are not boarders containing the artwork.
Zurbrugg goes on to mention that even though the use of the term ‘Installation Art’ is relatively new, the type of art is present in many historical forms, such as ‘Stonehenge’. With the contemporary and most influential being the “early twentieth-century avant-garde movements”.
Technology played a large role in the evolution of Installation Art with the main early twentieth-century producers being from the futurists, Bauhaus, and kinetic artists. Dadaists are made mention for their impact on Installation Art through the use of unrestrained theatrics. Zurbrugg also attributes kinetic installation works as being the most accommodating with life today.
In Installation Art – Essence and Existence, Zurbrugg explores the origins of Installation Art, by investigating why it is and what it is. I found the chapter to be quite interesting and informative due to Zurbrugg’s clarification of Installation Art, and how it has transformed and progressed.
Reference:
Zurbrugg, Nicholas, Installation Art – essence and existence, What is installation? An anthology of writings on Australian installation art/ ed by Adam Geczy and Benjamin Genocchio. Sydney: Power Publications, 2001. pp. 25-31.
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