Site-Specific Art
Have you ever noticed how seamlessly a particular artwork assimilates into its location? How does its relationship with the surrounding environment impact your interpretation of the piece? Would the artwork appear differently if it weren't placed in that particular location? These questions all form the conceptual basis of site-specific art: that is, artwork intended to exist in a certain place.
The term originated in the mid-1970s, by young American sculptors tasked with several large-scale installations which were created specifically for certain urban locations. Site-specific art emerged as a response to the Modernist program of sculpture, which had demonstrated that art was nomadic, transportable, and specifically destined for museum exhibition. Indeed, this movement brought to light the understanding that the narrative intrigue of certain artworks is predicated on its surroundings.
Today, site-specific art can be found across urban street art and natural landscapes, large-scale installations, architectural projects, or even meticulous renderings of exhibition spaces. Artsper's experts have curated a selection of artists whose work reflects this unique post-modernist movement. Amongst some of our favorites are Daniel Buren, Olafur Eliasson, Jenny Holzer, and Rebecca Horn!
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Never Ending Spiral
Jannis Kounellis
Print - 94.5 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 37.2 x 27.6 x 0 inch
CHF 1,855
Two Asymmetrical Pyramids and Their Mirror Images (Counterpoint)
Sol LeWitt
Print - 53.7 x 61.9 x 1 cm Print - 21.1 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,855
Cubic Feet Empaquetages
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,395
Wrapped Snoopy House Collage
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 61.2 x 54.9 cm Print - 24.1 x 21.6 inch
CHF 15,527
Watercolour
Jannis Kounellis
Sculpture - 64 x 45 x 10 cm Sculpture - 25.2 x 17.7 x 3.9 inch
CHF 66,406 CHF 59,765
Contact is Content at Seljalandsfoss
Olafur Eliasson
Print - 20.9 x 16.5 x 0.05 cm Print - 8.2 x 6.5 x 0 inch
CHF 5,859
Study for The Last Dance
Dennis Oppenheim
Fine Art Drawings - 101 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.8 x 30.5 x 0 inch
CHF 9,766
Red flower Ceramic Plate
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 22.7 x 22.7 x 1 cm Design - 8.9 x 8.9 x 0.4 inch
CHF 4,570
Opera in ricordo di Mauro Rostagno - 04/11/16
Jannis Kounellis
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
CHF 723
When Life Boundlessly Flares Up to the Universe
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 30 x 90 x 0.1 cm Design - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch
CHF 762
Wrapped Barcelona fontain
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 56 x 71 cm Print - 22 x 28 inch
CHF 8,789
A form driven from a rectangular solid (juventudes musicales portfolio)
Sol LeWitt
Print - 75 x 55 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 7,812
When Life Boundlessly Flares Up to the Universe
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 30 x 90 x 0.1 cm Design - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch
CHF 762
Lithographie Le Pont Neuf
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 25 x 19 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0 inch
CHF 2,441
Les femmes attendent l'amour, mais les hommes s'éloignent toujours
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 2 x 26 x 20.6 cm Design - 0.8 x 10.2 x 8.1 inch
CHF 1,172
L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, by Day
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.01 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
CHF 2,148
L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, by Night
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.01 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
CHF 2,148
Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for No. 1 Times Square
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 71.1 x 55.9 cm Print - 28 x 22 inch
CHF 3,960
Plush Pumpkin White (Dots Obsession)
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 15 x 25 x 25 cm Design - 5.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
CHF 342
Plush Pumpkin Yellow (Dots Obsession)
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 15 x 25 x 25 cm Design - 5.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
CHF 342
Wrapped Reichstag
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 66 x 98 x 0.5 cm Photography - 26 x 38.6 x 0.2 inch
CHF 9,766
With All My Flowering Heart (A Complete Set)
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 78.7 x 20.3 x 1 cm Design - 31 x 8 x 0.4 inch
CHF 2,464
Christo (1935-2020) Project for the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 1970. Signé
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 48 x 68 x 2 cm Print - 18.9 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 4,883
The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91. Ibaraki, Japan site
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 64 x 98 cm Photography - 25.2 x 38.6 inch
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Projet pour l'emballage de l'Ecole Militaire
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 59 x 46 cm Print - 23.2 x 18.1 inch
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Project for a Public Building's Packaging
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 54 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 21.3 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
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Black Grid, Yellow Circles, Red and Blue Arcs
Sol LeWitt
Print - 39 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.4 x 15 x 0 inch
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When Life Boundlessly Flares Up to the Universe
Yayoi Kusama
Design - 30 x 90 x 0.1 cm Design - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch
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Colors with Lines in Four Directions
Sol LeWitt
Print - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Print - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
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Colors with Lines in Four Directions Plate #3
Sol LeWitt
Print - 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Print - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
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Wrapped Opera House - Project for Sydney
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 86.4 x 61.6 x 0.5 cm Print - 34 x 24.25 x 0.2 inch
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Wrapped Monument to Cristobal Colón. (Project for Barcelona)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 56.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22.2 inch
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Projet pour l'emballage de l'arc de Triomphe
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 48 x 64 cm Print - 18.9 x 25.2 inch
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The Wall-Wrapped Roman Wall
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 64 x 95 cm Photography - 25.2 x 37.4 inch
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