Course Description

This course will investigate the ways in which artists have presented narratives in the public realm and the organizations that have made the presentation of those works central to their curatorial practices over the last 40 years. Focusing on recent works presented in New York’s public spaces by Creative Time, The Public Art Fund, the Percent for Art Program, Arts for Transit and other non-profits organizations, this course will look at what it meant to tell stories and open discourses that challenged or interrogated widely-held value systems, the events and the politics of their time. In addition to the specifics of current and other key works and projects, we will discuss the conditions that governed the development of public performance, temporary and permanent installations, the ways in which those works were influenced by public approval processes and governmental agencies, media coverage and community response. Each student’s final project will be an on-line proposal for an exhibition that conveys a “narrative“ developed in the context of this course, referencing other relevant works .

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Union Square Park Narrative

While walking through Union Square Park, I was interested in the position of art within the space. I was investigating how artists use the space as a place to perform ( music, poetry, dance), as a place to advertise and sell their work, as a place to create (photographers, chalk murals, artists commissioned to make works in the space). I was also interested in how the work is viewed. It is common for work in public domains to be viewed in a different light due to its context since it is not in a "traditional" art setting. This provides an interesting dynamic as to how work can be interpreted and understood.









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