Installation Art

by Claire Bishop

Installation is one of the most popular and widespread forms of contemporary art. Installation Art provides the first clear account of the rise of installation as a form while revisiting and, in some cases, reassessing many well-known names of post-1960 art. This lavishly produced volume also introduces the reader to a wider spectrum of younger artists yet to receive serious critical attention. Artists featured include Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Judy Chicago, Olafur Eliasson, Group Material, Isaac Julien, Ilya Kabakov, Yayoi Kusama, Cildo Meireles, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Smithson, Bill Viola, and many others.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Art History, School, Reference

143 pages, Paperback

First published May 10, 2005

Reviews

[Gokcan Demirkazik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice little introduction to the evolution of installation art, especially commendable for Bishop's inclusion of artists outside the "Western" canon (not as tokens, but as critical players). Bishop covers important concepts and schools of thought (Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, etc.) in broad but precise (in a very non-textbook-like way) brushstrokes. Even though the first chapter's focus (installations as "dreamscapes") appears somewhat arbitrary, "Installation Art" provides the reader with an impressive panoply of references for further learning and research.

[Celena · Rating 4 out of 5]

great for my research ! good foundation for beginners (me) and lots of pretty pictures 🤩

[Leah · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did a review of this for my dissertation for my final year of university, and it was helpful with learning the history. However, it does go on and on a lot about things that aren't necessary.



Seedbed.....

[Some Kind Of Artist · Rating 1 out of 5]

Seedbed

[Kamakana · Rating 5 out of 5]

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050119: there was an installation art (ia) exhibit at the u gallery last year. i was always busy but finally saw it alone about two weeks before closing. fascinated, i wanted to see it again, but found nobody to go with who was interested and had not already seen it. i decided to read about ia. i have never been to such 'immersive' work but this book is excellent on theory, beautiful large-format images, close description, art theory arguments and assertions...

of course the art is the art and everything else is just everything else. and this is clear in limitations of media. ia is not easily experienced static 2D inside text any more than sculpture is. or music. or dance. and so on. this intro is an easy read if you know much art theory, history, philosophy. ia has evolved from early 1900s to 2100s in order interpenetrating: 1) dreams 2) perception 3) experience 4) politics. this is mostly 'western' (some brazillian) and several movements are documented 1) surrealism 2) minimalism 3) interactive 4) political. this book is from 2005 with about a century of ia to theorize...

and 2) of course i find most affecting because the era recounted ('60s) is inspired/informed by phenomenology and more specifically merleau-ponty. i see his thought, i see his ideas, through work i had previously liked (minimalism etc) without being informed but now heartened to see intellectual abstraction rendered physical art. this is great. this book is great. i am waiting for the next ia exhibit...

[CM · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent intro (academic) book to this art-form. This book attempts to present the history of installation art by categorizing the experience they provide into 4 categories and then argues its history is a narrative shaped by viewer's subjectivity. Again, I doubt if such categorization is just another misguided intellectual exercise. (Dream Scene, Heightened Perception, Mimetic Engulfment and Activated Spectatorship) That being said, the author manages to cover her chosen period (most works here come from 1965~1975) properly with rigor, style and coherence, a feat to be celebrated in the swamps of poorly written art books. She also picks some intriguing, lesser-known works beyond that period, like Mission/Missions [How to build Cathedrals] by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles in 1987 and tropos-books by American artist Ann Hamilton in the 90s.

If only she also possessed the virtue of being concise.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Claire Bishop writes extraordinarily well, and this lucid and surprisingly sophisticated introductory text benefits immeasurably from her ability to weave together thematic, chronological, and critical approaches to her subject. Folks familiar with Bishop's work will find echoes of her politicized critiques of relational aesthetics here. While most of her conclusions are persuasive and I appreciate her critically examining the more facile political claims made by mainstream critics and curators, Bishop's disdain for work that may actually materialize something outside the artworld remains palpable. Her decision to overlook the more politicized strains of installation art, particularly in its turbulent Vietnam-era and feminist adolescence, was the biggest disappointment of an otherwise enjoyable read.

[Anna Berg · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ok introduction to installation art. Though its written with unnecessary academic language and relies mostly on name dropping artists more than it goes into any actual defintions on methods of installations.

[Joe Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good, clear introduction to Installation Art. I like the range of artists that Bishop discusses.

[Hamid · Rating 3 out of 5]

انتظارم از کتاب هنر چیدمان (اینستالیشن آرت) تا حد زیادی برآورده شد و با این هنر و هنرمندان مطرح آن و گالری‌ها و یا مکان‌هایی که چیدمان‌ها در آن برپا شده بود و اثراتی که هنرمندان و اینستالیشن آرت‌ها بر جامعه‌ی هنرمند و دنیای هنر گذاشته‌اند، آشناتر شدم. گرچه قبلاً با خواندن کتاب‌ها و مقالات دیگری تصویرهایی از این هنر در ذهنم شکل گرفته بود. ترجمه‌ی کتاب نسبتاً خوب بود. به‌نظر می‌رسد کتاب "ویراستاری بما هو ویراستاری" نشده و نیاز به تصحیح لغوی و نگارشی دارد. همچنین احتمالاً در بخش آخر کتاب که توضیحات و رفرنس‌ها است، به‌هنگام تایپ فارسی، تنظیمات نرم‌افزاری اعمال نشده و با در هم ریختگی چینش جملات فارسی و انگلیسی مواجه هستیم و باید با حدس و گمان پی به منظور نویسنده ببریم. شاید محدودیت بودجه و زمان مترجم و یا ناشر و... در این امر نقش داشته‌اند که به‌نظرم روش‌های موثری برای کاهش این محدودیت‌ها وجود داشته باشد. به‌هر حال کتاب، مرجع خوبی است و ارزش چند بار مطالعه را دارد.

[Astrid Kjeldal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Claire Bishop formår at lave en gennemgang samt introducere læseren til analysemetoder ifbm. Installationskunst. Dette giver læseren mulighed for at benytte sig at denne analyseteknik når de næste gang giver sig i kast med at analysere et installationsværk. Læseren får et indblik i historien som omringer installationskunsten og bliver introduceret til nye og moderne installationsværker.

Claire Bishop formår at gøre op for manglen af materiale om kunsthistorie, men forbliver også kritisk i nogle af kunsthistoriens større spørgsmål, hvilket både gør hende yderst populær og til tider også undgået.

[BonGard · Rating 5 out of 5]

بعد مدت‌ها به بهانه پروژه کاری‌ام کتابی خوندم که واقعن دوستش داشتم. نگاه کلر بیشاپ به هنر چیدمان و نوع دسته‌بندی که انجام داده با توجه به اوایل دو هزار واقعن جالبه. میشه ایراد گرفت که بیشتر انرمندان غربی رو در نظر گرفته و مثال‌هاش از جهان شرق یا جهان سوم کم بود اما کتاب مسیر خوبی برای خانش آثار چیدمان باز میکنه و به هدفی که داره میرسه و تا آخر کتاب مخاطب رو متوجه میکنه که چرا فرمت چیدمان نسبت به هنر سنتی متفاوته. میزان مطلبش هم کافی نه کم و نه زیاد

[Joaquin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only needed to read about 4 chapters for a paper I'm working on, but the book was extremely helpful. And, in one of the chapters, there is a super easy to understand review of Baudrillard and Derrida that I appreciated.

[Oleg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Мотня какая-то, но местами приколдес

[Gigi Orphan · Rating 5 out of 5]

πολύ ωραιο, essential για έρευνα πάνω στην εγκατάσταση
slay queen

[Julie Slade]

Explains in 'english' the ins and outs of installation art, what the term refers to and the different types. Well worth looking at if the the term installation art is confusing. Most of the photos are good as they help with the interpretation of the art works, but disappointing not all the photos are in colour, shame really, as colour can be a main component to the visual experience.

[Corinna · Rating 3 out of 5]

If only Bishop could get over her extreme dislike of relational aesthetics!

[Sarah_novak · Rating 4 out of 5]

great source book

[Egor xS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Claire, thank you for setting in some clarity!

[Alison]

I don't know enough to rate this but I did enjoy the introductory essay and the photographs remind me I have seen a lot of installation art.

[Mills College Library]

709.04 B6222 2005