Environments

An alternative term for installation art; environments are mixed-media constructions or assemblages usually designed for a specific place and for a temporary period of time

Gustav Metzger
*Liquid Crystal Environment* (1965, remade 2005)
Tate

© Gustav Metzger

The term environments was first used by artist Allan Kaprow in 1958 to describe his own large-scale artworks which transformed interior spaces.

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Installation art

The term installation art is used to describe large-scale, mixed-media constructions, often designed for a specific place or for a temporary period of time
Site-specific

The term site-specific refers to a work of art designed specifically for a particular location and that has an interrelationship with the location

Environments

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Installation art

Site-specific

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