Tag Archives: environmental art

Wolfgang Buttress and The Hive

Posted on July 23, 2016 by infinite dictionary

In recent posts we have been discussing the ways artists and others use a wide variety of information and resources to inspire and inform their work. Today’s post explores a multimedia sculptural installation inspired and informed by the daily life … Continue reading →

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The Floating Piers: Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Posted on July 2, 2016 by infinite dictionary

In a previous blog post about earthworks we discussed a project titled The Valley Curtain by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Valley Curtain was one of their first large scale projects to be located in a natural setting. For sixteen … Continue reading →

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Seven Magic Mountains

Posted on May 14, 2016 by infinite dictionary

Long time readers of this blog will remember a post titled Earthworks: Art and the Land. In it we talked about artists creating monumental abstract art works – often in remote locations of the American west. These works draw our … Continue reading →

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Where Am I? Unexpected Spaces

Posted on March 14, 2015 by infinite dictionary

Here are two artists who have taken common items out of their predictable environments. By putting them in a new context they cause us to look at them again…to reconsider the form and meaning of these well-known things. Norwegian artist … Continue reading →

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